60 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on an Ornithological 



by tlie Famara range over ■which Ave had passed. Water is 

 plentiful and in consequence vegetation abundant, mulberry 

 and fig trees, date-palms, cactus-plants, and cereals growing 

 in profusion. To deal first with the species which seemed to 

 be confined to the district, the most plentiful was undoubt- 

 edly the Pale Titmouse (Parus c. degener) ; these little birds 

 had full-fledged young on the wing. I found them towards 

 Arrieta up to 1300 feet, climbing about amongst the rocks. 

 Two Chiffchaffs (Phylloscopus e. exuT) were procured, and 

 one or two others heard. They are very difficult to locate. 

 Spectacled Warblers [Sylvia c. hello) were by no means 

 rare; I should think they are on the increase in this valley, 

 but I did not meet with them anywhere else. Turtle-Doves 

 {Streptopelia t. turtur), though rare, were evidently found 

 here, as a man brought me two unfledged young from a 

 neighbouring village. I kept them alive and brought them 

 up on gofio, upon which they throve and became very 

 tame. Eventually, after many adventures, they arrived in 

 Gran Canaria, where they still are. During our many moves 

 they never attempted to fly away but would come in and out 

 of my tent, perching even on my hat if nothing better were 

 at hand ! The commoner species found here were Hoopoes, 

 Pipits, Spanish Sparrows, Shrikes, and Linnets ; the latter, 

 together with the Fuerteventuran Linnet, I have separated 

 from the form found in the western islands, under the name 

 Acanthis cannahina harterti (vide Bull. B. O. C. xxxiii. 1913, 

 p. 39). The males of all the Linnets found here had excep- 

 tionally crimson breasts, although this is not a character by 

 which they can be distinguished. A fine series was obtained, 

 together with eggs and young birds. Two pairs of Buzzards 

 [Buteo b. insularum) haunted the higher peaks, and could 

 often be seen wheeling and screaming high up the barranco 

 west of the camp. By following this barranco for a mile, 

 one suddenly came upon the precipitous cliffs which bound 

 the north-west coast, dropping sheer to the sea 1400 feet. 

 The most extensive views were obtained from this point, and 

 a complete panorama of the flat sandy plain which takes up 

 so much of this part of the island was unfolded. To the 



