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



In every case where I have been able to examine the 

 original work I have given a page reference to these early 

 Spanish writers, for they are for the most part responsible 

 for the names which appear in this Appendix. 



Since writing the Systematic List, which has already 

 appeared in print, I have discovered that three of the works 

 of the old Spanish writers mentioned by me in Part I., p. 89, 

 of my paper are in the Tiing Musenm. The first is . — 



Diccionario de Historia Natnral de las Islas Canarias 6 

 indice alfabetico descriptivo de sus tres reinos Animal, 

 Vegetal y Mineral. For D. Josk de Viera y Clavijo.* 



This Diccionary contains the names of a number of birds 

 indexed under the Spanish name for the species, the Latin 

 generic name and sometimes also the specific name being 

 included in brackets, i. e., Garajao (STP]RNA), or again 

 Engana miichachos (AVIS CURRICULA, BufP.), the first 

 named being the Tern ? species, the second being the 

 Courser (C yaUicus) ! Unless we happen to know the 

 Spanish equivalent of the bird^s name it is therefore any- 

 thing but easy to follow Viera's List of Birds, especially as 

 they are mixed up with names of phmts and minerals I 



I do not put very much faith in the records appearing in 

 this work and many have ijeen relegated to Appendix B, 

 wlien I had no further evidence from other sources of the 

 occurrence in the Canary Islands of species mentioned by 

 Viera. 



The next work which I have now examined is that of 

 Bnstoy Blanco, a book entitled 'Topografia medica de Las 

 Islas Canarias,' published at Sevilla in 1864. This work 

 contains a bare list of names of birds (pp. 103-105). 

 Seventy-seven species are enumerated arranged under fou.r 

 columns thus : 



Onh'ii. Familia. Xu)nhre>t iecnicoi^, Nonibres viih/ares. 



The spelling of the names is often obviously incorrect, no 

 references are given, authors' names are not mentioned, and 

 although the Spanish name of each bird is given it is 



* Published at Las Pahnas de Gran Caiiaria, 1866, 



