658 Mr. D. A. Baimerman on the [ibis, 



Of the 72 species and subspecies which come under this 

 category 



45 are well-known European species. 



5 are central European species, i. e., the West European 

 Jackdaw, White-eyed Pochard, Little Bittern, Night 

 Heron, and Black-necked Grebe. 

 10 are south European species, i. e., the Snow Finch, 

 Southern Tree-Warbler, Great Spotted Cuckoo*, Alpine 

 Swift, Persian Bee-eater, Flamingo*, Purple Heron*, 

 Great White Heron, Little Egret*, and Buff-backed 

 Heron*. (Those birds niatked with an asterisk are 

 also found throughout Africa.) 



4 belong to the Mediterranean countries, i. e., the Sar- 

 dinian Starling, Golden-bellied Greenfinch, Calandra 

 Lark, and Western Black-eared Wheatear. 



4 are typically north African birds, i. e., the Saharan 

 Bunting, Tristram's Desert Wheatear, the Egyptian 

 Plover, and North African Turtle- Dove. 



2 birds are confined principally to Africa, i. e., the Squacco 

 Heron (wliich is also a Summer Visitor to southern 

 Europe), and Sturm's Bittern, which is confined to 

 Africa. 



1 bird — the Madeiran Fork-tailed Petrel — inhabits all the 

 Atlantic Archipelagos with the one exception of the 

 Canaries, and even breeds in St. Helena. Li the Pacific 

 a closely-allied form of this Petrel occurs in the 

 Hawaiian and Galapagos Archipelagos. 

 1 bird — the American Bittern — has its home in northern 

 America and winters in central America. It is an 

 Occasional Visitor to Europe, and has occurred in the 

 Azores. 



The figures speak for themselves, and the close European 

 relationship of the Canarian Avifauna — both as regards its 

 Kesident species, Regular Migrants, and Accidental Visitors — 

 needs no further elaborating. 1 unhesitatingly endorse 

 Dr. llartert's de ision (made, be it remembered, nearly 



