130 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on the [Ibis, 



which daring the dry years were never seen came in great 

 numbers . . ."' A^ouThanner was in Lanzarote in May 1913, 

 and says (Orn. Jahrb. 1913, p. 189) : "During our travels 

 Ave always heard the Quail in the fields." 



Bolle shot many in Fuerteventura on the stubble fields 

 after the harvest which occurs there in April (J. f. O. 1855, 

 p. 173). 



Webb and Berthelot give a long account of the Quail in 

 Tenerife. Of its migrations they observe: "Nous ne 

 saurions assurer si la Caille est de passage aux Canaries, ou 

 bien si elle y est reellement sedentaire. L^opinion des 

 chasseurs de Teneriffe est partagee a cet egard, Toute fois, 

 nous pensons qu'il en est pour cet oiseau comme pour 

 d'autres especes, que son emigration n'est pas generale. 

 L'apparitiou des Cailles voyageuses doit avoir lieu au 

 printemps, quoique nous ne I'ayons pas constatee 



" Le depart des Cailles pour d^autres r(''gions s'efFectue 

 probablement au commencement de Tantomne : et bien 

 qu^elles aient abandonne a cette epoqne les champs laboures, 

 on en entend chanter encore de temps en temps dans les 

 haliiers pendant les belles journees d'hiver." (Orn. Canari- 

 enne, pp. 29, 30.) 



It will hi seen that these authors mention August and 

 September as the best months for shooting them and that 

 the departure takes place probably at the commencement of 

 autumn. The migration from the islands is as usual not so 

 marked as the arrival. 



Boilers notes here obviously refer to both species. He 

 wrote (J. f. O. 1855, p. 173) : " They say that part of them 

 leave the couutrv in winter '' (this obviously refers to C. c. 

 coturnix), and continues "and the rest — by far the greater 

 number — remain '^ (thus referring to what must be C. c. 

 confisa). 



Bolle notes that the principal shooting season in Tenerife 

 is September and October, putting it a month later than 

 AVebb and Berthelot, so that the migratory birds probably 

 leave the Archipelago in November, being absent barely two 

 months. 



