Expedition to the Eastern Canary Islands. 77 



species nearly resembles the Fuerteventuran bird, but may- 

 be distinguislied by having the dark bases of the feathers of 

 the crown smaller and much less pronounced, and, as already 

 mentioned, the breast and belly are isabelline instead of 

 whitish. 



Habitat. The Islands of Montaiia Clara and Allegranza. 



[Note. — It will be recollected that up till this time no 

 Chat of any description had ever been found in the Canary 

 Islands, with the important exception of Saxicola dacotios 

 dacoti(B Meade-Waldo, which is confined to the island of 

 Fuerteventura. By glancing at the map (PI. 11.) it will 

 be seen that the large island of Lanzarote and the much 

 smaller island of Graciosa both lie between Fuerteventura 

 and the two outlying islets of Montaiia Clara and Allegranza, 

 upon which the new subspecies was discovered.] 



12 examples were obtained. 



The types are in the British Museum : ^ . Allegranza, 

 12. vi. 12 ; ? . Allegranza, 10. vi. 13. 



I have named this new Chat after my wife, who accom- 

 panied me during the first part of the expedition. 



I am indebted to the authorities of the Tring Museum for 

 placing their large series of ;S'. d. dacotia at my disposal, and 

 to Mr. Ogilvie- Grant for examining with me the material in 

 the British Museum. 



4. Delichon u. urbica. — A single House-Martin was seen 

 on June the 9th. The bird was being pursued by a Falcon, 

 which vainly struck at it several times. 



5. Micropus murinus brehmorum. — These Swifts were not by 

 any means common. A few were noted on the hottest days. 

 A pair was, I believe, nesting in a hole of the cliff (see 

 foreground of photo, PL III. fig. 2). They kept on flying 

 in and out of a hole, and the male bird, which I eventually 

 shot, had the testes very large. 



6. Falco perec/7'inus pelegrinoides. — The Barbary Falcon 

 was known by Herr Polatzek to nest on JMontana Clara. 

 On several occasions I saw a Falcon soaring above the high 



