258 Mr. p. A. Bannerman on an Ornithological 



pigeons in the little townsliip of San Miguel de Teguise, 

 situated in the heart of the island. 



An example was obtained from Lanzarote. 



The soft parts were faded. 



Falco eleonorss. Eleonore Falcon. 



Falco eleonorce Gene ; Bannerman, Part I. pp. 55_, 56, 61, 

 62, 89. 



This bird was seen on two or three occasions during the 

 trip. It was first noted in Lanzarote, where I obtained a 

 fine example of an adult male which had been shot near 

 Arrecife. It was probably a Falcon of this species which 

 was seen twice on the way from Tiiiosa to Yaiza. It is 

 not a common bird but, according to Polatzek, at certain 

 seasons of the year and in certain localities, it is sometimes 

 fairly plentiful. I had a good view of one of these Falcons 

 in the barranco of Gran Tarajal in Fuerteventura. June 

 seems a very early month in which to find this Falcon in the 

 Canary Islands. It is a regular migrant in August and 

 September, Von Thanner records it as breeding on the 

 Roque del Este. Certainly it was not this species which I 

 saw on Montaiia Clara, but F. p. pelegrinoides. Very pro- 

 bably both species frequent this deserted island. 



An example was obtained in Lanzarote. 



Tinminculus tinnunculus dacotise. Fuerteventuran Kestrel. 



Tinnunculus t. dacotice (Hartert) ; Bannerman, Part I. 

 pp. 43, 49, 50, 53, 55, 56, 57, 61, 65, 78, 82, 86, 87, 88. 



Falco tinnunculus dacoticB Hartert, Vog. pal. Faun. ii. 

 1913, p. 1086. 



Dr. Hartert recently described this Kestrel in his book on 

 the ' Birds of the Paltearctic Fauna.' It may be as well 

 to give here a short summary of the characters which dis- 

 tinguish 71 /. dacoticB from T. t. canariends. 



In a series of 14 birds from the eastern Canary Islands 

 [7 S , 7' ?) compared with 14 birds from the western 

 group (8 c5 , 6 ? ) we see that the adult males of T. t. dacotice 

 have the spots on the mantle and wing-coverts smaller than 



