358 Mr. D. A. Baiinerman on the [Ibis, 



in their papers cited by Godman) is the Razorbill and not 

 the Little Auk. Godman's error has been copied by Cabrera 

 (Catiilogo, p. 70), where he notes that the bird is included 

 in his list on Godman's authority. This unfortunate mis- 

 take of Godman^s has also led to the inclusion of the 

 Canaries in the " General Distribution " of the Little Auk 

 as given in the New B. O. U. List of British Birds, 1915, 

 p. 280, where it is noted " In winter it visits the North Sea 

 and Atlantic, being found occasionally in numbers as far 

 south as the Canary Islands and the Azores.'^ Godman 

 (Ibis, 1866, p. 102) appears to have handled a specimen 

 from the Azores — which he certainly did not do in the 

 Canaries, — and the Azores Archipelago must be taken as 

 the extreme limit of its southern range, and then only as an 

 occasional straggler. 



Macronectes giganteus. Giant Fulmar. 



Appears to have been first mentioned by Serra (Ornitho- 

 logia Canaria, 1879-1882) from the island of Tenerife. 



Procellaria gigantea Gmel. is cited in Cabrera's list 

 (Catalogo, 1893, p. G6) on Serra's authority. The usual 

 range of this species is, according to Godman's Monograph 

 (p. 262), south of the 30° S. latitude. 



Diomedea exulans. Wandering Albatros. 



According to Cabrera (Catalogo, 1893, p. 64), Serra in 

 his work (Ornithologia Canaria, 1879-1882), which I have 

 not seen, mentions that this Albatros has been killed in the 

 Canaries. 



The farthest north I have ever seen this species was 

 lat. 18° 51' S., long. 4° 43' E., on 5 August, 1908, when 

 returning from Cape Town. 



Rallus aquations. Water-Rail. 



First mentioned from the islands in Mompo's work 

 (Catalogo de las Aves de Tenerife, 1876, p. 256), where it is 

 said to be a bird of passage in winter and very rare ; also, 

 according to Cabrera (Catalogo, 1893, p. 60), it is noted by 



