Expedition to the Eastern Canary Islands. G3 



Platalea I. leucorodin (Spoonbill). 



Ardea cj. garzetta (Little Egret). 



Ardetta minuta (Little Bittern). 



Queyqup.dula c. crecca (Teal). 



Mareca jpenelope (Wigeon). 



Dajila acuta (Pintail). 



Phalacrocorax c. carho (Cormorant). 



Glareola 2'>. prutincula (Black-winged Pratincole). 



Squatarola squatarola (Grey Plover). 



Vanellus vanellus (Lapwing). 



Machetes pugna.v (Rnff). 



Culidris arenaria (Sauderling). 



Totanus totanus (Redshank). 



Himantopus himantopus (Black-winged Stilt). 



Recurmrostra avosetta rAvocet). 



Lhnosa I. lapponica (Bar-tailed Godwit). 



JLhnosa liniosa (Black-tailed Godwit). 



Gallinago g. gallinago (Snipe). 



Sterna s. sandvicensis (Sandwich Tern). 



Sterna hirundo (Common Tern). 



Larus ridibimdus (Black-headed Gnll) in breeding-plumage, 



Rissa t. tvidactyla (Kittiwake Gull). 



Fratercula a, arctica (Puffin). 



Crex crex (Land-Rail). 



Porzana parva (Little Crake). 



Porzana porzana (Spotted Crake). 



Gallinula c. chloropus (Moor-Hen). 



Fulica a. atva (Coot). 



Graciosa. 



I had contemplated staying in tins island six days^ but 

 owing to the exceptionally heavy seas which were running, 

 we were forced to remain here for double that period : an 

 unfortunate state of affairs which ultimately prevented my 

 visiting Allegranza in person through lack of time. 



Graciosa is by far the largest of the five small islands 

 which lie to the north of Lanzarote. 



It is 5^ miles in length and 2^ in breadth^ having an area 

 of 02 square miles. For the most part it is flat with four 

 extinct volcanoes upon it, the highest point being 873 feet 

 (by aneroid). The soil is very sandy and in parts the surface 

 is thickly strewn with empty snail-shells. In the south the 



