274 Mr. D. A. Bannermau on an Ornithological 



cultivated districts of Yaiza and Uga. I£ they breed there 

 they are by no means common. 



A small series was obtained from Fuerteventura and 

 Lanzarote. 



Bill dark horn-colour; iris dark yellow, eyelids reddish ; 

 feet crimson. 



Note. — It will be noted that the Turtle Doves from the 

 eastern Canary Islands which I found breeding in the 

 barranco de la Pena belong to the typical form Streptopelia 

 turtur turtur. While in Gran Canaria I shot, on May the 

 5th, amongst examples of the above, a single specimen of 

 the Pale Turtle Dove, Streptopelia turtur arenicola Hartert, 

 Nov. Zool. i. 1894, p. 42. 



This subspecies is found in north-west Africa, and was the 

 only form met with by Dr. Hartert during his recent journey 

 in the Sahara, vide Nov. Zool. xviii. 1911, p. 543. Tlie 

 type was originally described from Fao on the Persian 

 Gulf, and its occurrence in the Canary Islands is of special 

 interest. 



Pterocles arenarius. Black-bellied Sand-Grouse. 



Pterocles arenarius (Pall.) ; Bannerman, Part I. pp. 43, 49, 

 51, 52, 54, 88, and 89. 



The Sand-Grouse is particularly numerous on the extensive 

 plains above Puerto Cabras, where large numbers were seen. 

 A description of the way in which these sporting birds are 

 shot at their drinking-places is given in Part I. p. 54. In 

 the north of Fuerteventura, where they appear to be very 

 rare* we only met with one small flock between Oliva and 

 Toston ; they again became plentiful when the central plains 

 were reached. In the actual neighbourhood of Antigua they 

 did not appear to be as common as they are said to be 

 further south. 



None were seen in Lanzarote, and I do not believe the 

 bird is resident in this island ; it is entirely absent from the 

 smaller islets. 



A small series was obtained from Fuerteventura. 



Bill whitish horn-colour ; iris almost black ; feet greenish 

 brown, scales dirty white. 



