128 Mr. D. A. Baunerman on the [Ibis, 



south-east of Gran Canaria ; it docs not breed there and has 

 not been noticed since 1856 (Bolle, J. f. O. 1857, p. 332). 



Range beifond the Archipelago. 



Northern Africa, including the Sahara, in Mediterranean 

 countries of Europe especially Spain and Portugal, also in 

 south-east Russia. In Asia it occurs from Palestine to 

 north-west India. 



Family Phasianid.e. 



Caccabis rufa. Red-legged Partridge. 



[or Caccabis rufa australis. 



(accabis rufa, var. australis Tristram. Ibis, 1889, p. 28 — 

 Type locality : Gran Canaria.] 



A Eesident subspecies. 



Hah. in Archipelago. 



Western Group : Gran Canaria. 



Range beyond the Archipelago. 



C. r. australis does not occur elsewhere (if this race is 

 accepted). 



Obs. The validity of this subspecies is still in question, 

 only more material can decide the point. 



Caccabis barbara* kcenigi. Koenig's Barbary Partridge. 



Caccabis petrosa hwiiigi Keicbw\ Orn. Monatsber. 1899, 

 p. 189 — Type locality : Tenerife. 



A, Resident subspecies. 



Hab. ill Archipelago. 



JJ'estein Group : Tenerife, Gomer;i. 

 Eastern Group : Lanzarote. 



Ohs. Wel)b and Eerthelot say that it also inhabits Hierro 

 (Orn. Canarienne, p. 29). It has not been recorded from 

 that island since they wrote in 1841. In Lanzarote it is 

 very rare and is confined to one locality. 



Range beyond the Archipelago. 



Does not occur, 



* Caccabis barhara (Bonnaterre) [Tabl. Encycl. et Meth. i. 1791, 

 p. 208] is the correct specific name of the Barbary Partridge, 



