1920.] Birds of the Canary Islands. 335 



Family Falconid^. 



Hieraetus fasciatus. Bonelli's Eagle. 



Aquila fasciata Vieill. Mem. Soc. Linn. Paris, ii. 1822, 

 p. 152 — Type locality : Moiitpellier, S. France. 



Meade-Waldo, writing in ' The Ibis,' 1893, p. 185, and 

 giving a list of birds which have been seen almost without 

 doubt, although never actually procured, included this Eagle 

 and says "... an Eagle seen several times above Esperanza 

 .... which almost beyond a doubt was Bonelli's Eagle 

 {Nisaetus fasciatus) ."" 



I give this record for what it is worth. Meade- Waldo 

 should certainly know the bird well. 



Range. Bonelli's Eagle ranges over the greater portion of 

 southern Europe, and is generally distributed in Spain and 

 Portugal. In Africa it is found in Tunisia, Algeria, and 

 Morocco, and in the last named country is said by Erlanger 

 to be more abundant south of the Atlas {cf. Whitaker, 

 Birds of Tunisia, ii. p. 109). 



Milvus migrans. Black Kite. 



Falco migrans Boddaert, Table Planches Enl. 1783, p. 28, 

 no. 472 — Type locality : unknown. 



I doubt whether a specimen of the Black Kite has ever 

 been shot in the Canaries. 



Cabrera records (Catalogo, p. 31) that this species 

 [M. niger) comes on migration at uncertain times (De paso 

 en epocas no determinadas) . 



Polatzek also notes that it passes through the Canary 

 Islands occasionally, but states that there are no specimens 

 (Orn. Jahrb. 1909, p. 119). 



Dr. Hartert believes that there may have been some con- 

 fusion between the Black and the immature Common Kite 

 (Nov. Zool. 1901, p. 307). 



Range. The Black Kite breeds in central and southern 

 Europe, in south-western Asia, and in northern Africa from 

 Morocco to Tunisia. In winter it migrates to Africa, ranging 

 to Madagascar on the cast. 



