260 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on an Ornithological 



The following immature specimens were procured : — 

 (a) 1 nestling in down, taken at La Peiia (Fuertevetituru) 

 on May the 11th, 



(Z») 3 nestlings in down, taken on Isla Graciosa on June 

 the 7th. 



(c) 3 juv, partly in down, taken at Haria (Lanzarote), on 

 June the loth. 



(f/) 1 juv. in a still further advanced stage, taken at La 

 Pena (Fuerteventura) on May the 12th. 



The Fuerteventuran Kestrel is not confined to the island 

 after which it has been named, but was met with in every 

 one of the eastern group which we visited, even being seen 

 on the Hoque Infierno or AYest Rock. In Fuerteventura it 

 is not really a very plentiful species, and in comparison with 

 the numbers of T. t. canariensis in Gran Canaria, where 

 it simply swarms, it may be termed almost scarce. It is, 

 however, seen in or near almost every village, and a clump 

 of palm trees is almost sure to attract one or more pairs. 

 I therefore came to the conclusion that it was regularly but 

 sparingly distributed over the island. Almost all the birds 

 met with in Fuerteventura were rearing young at the time 

 of my visit, and in consequence I only shot two adult 

 examples there which I had reason to believe had finished 

 breeding. 



In Lanzarote, curiously enough, these Kestrels were much 

 more abundant. The increase in their numbers was most 

 apparent, and many young birds were seen on the wing. In 

 the desolate country between Yaiza and the coast many 

 Kestrels were noted, and they were equally plentiful in the 

 cultivated district round Uga. We did not find them in 

 anything like the numbers in which Kestrels appear in Gran 

 Canaria until we reached the valley of Haria. Here for the 

 first time they were really plentiful — as Hawks go — and on 

 one occasion I w^atched nine birds hovering over a single field. 

 On the island of Graciosa Kestrels were fairly numerous — 

 they breed on the western coast. On Montai5a Clara only a 

 very few were noticed, but on Allegranza they were quite 

 common and are evidently resident there. 



