1920.] Birds of the Canary Islands. 337 



Polatzek mentions the bird amongst the doubtful occur- 

 rences (Oru. Jahib. 1909, p. 13.2). 



Range. The Garganey breeds throughout the greater part 

 of the Palsearctic Region — wintering in northern and tropical 

 Africa, southern Asia eastwards to Japan, and even reaching 

 New Guinea. 



Its occunence in the Canary Islands as a straggler in 

 winter might therefore be expected. 



Family Gruid^. 



Grus grus grus. Common Crane. 



Ardea grus Linn. Syst. Nat. 10th ed. 1758, p. 141 — Type 

 locality : Sweden. 



The Common Crane was mentioned by Meade-Waldo in 

 liis list (Ibis, 1893, p. 199, under species No. 8.2) from the 

 " Eastern Islands," on the evidence of the Spanish fishermen 

 who described to him a large grey bird as occasionally 

 appearing, which he concluded could only have been this 

 species. It seems hardly worth while to include this bird 

 even in Appendix A on such very doubtful evidence, but 

 as it is a species which might well be expected to occur on 

 lare occasions in the Archipelago, I include it for Avhat it 

 i» worth. 



Range. The Crane breeds in Europe from Scandinavia 

 southwards to Spain and Italy. It winters in north 

 Africa from Tunisia to Morocco, extending in east Africa 

 to Abyssinia. 



Family Fuffiniu^. 

 Fuffiims gravis. Greater Shearwater. 



Puffinus gravis O'Reilly, Yoy. to Greenland, 1818, p. 140 

 — Type locality : Greenland to Newfoundland. 



Cabrera particularly mentions this species as Puffinus 

 major Fabr. in his List of Birds found in the Canary 

 I>slands (Catulogo, p. 65) in addition to '"'Puffinus cinereus 

 Kuhl" (= P. k.fortunatus) and '■^Puffinus angloriun Kuhl " 

 (=P. ;;. puffinus). He says it is only found in conjp;iny 

 with these two species. 



