Expedition to the Eastern Canary Islands. 277 



to name the form inhabiting the western Canary group, 

 (Edicnemns cedicnemus distiiictus_, subsp, nov. Type in the 

 British Museum: $ ad. Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, 12. ii. 12. 

 [Coll. D. A. Bannerman.] 



Thick-knees {G^. oi. insularum) were met with in all the 

 eastern Canary Islands visited with the exception of Montana 

 Clara and the East and West E-ocks. They were quite 

 common though more often heard than seen, and vvera 

 breeding in all the islands. 



A series was obtained from Fuerteventura_, Lanzarote, 

 Graciosa, and Allegranza. 



The following clutches of eggs were taken of CE. ce. in- 

 sulaj'um : — 



1. Two eggs, Antigua, Fuerteventura, 15. v. 13. 



2. Two eggs, Haria, Lanzarote, 26. v. 13. 



3. Two eggs, Haria, Lanzarote, 26. v. 13. 



4. One egg, Haria, Lanzarote. Obtained by a native ; no 



date. 



5. Two eggs, Isla Graciosa ; one egg found 3.vi. 13, the 



other taken from oviduct of a female shot on same 

 date. 



The eggs, which in several cases are particularly handsome, 

 vary much in size and markings, the ground-colour being 

 either rich buff or greenish buff; in no case was an egg found 

 having a very pale-coloured ground. 



The measurements of eight of the above eggs are: — 48 X 37, 

 48-5x36, 52x38, 35x35-5, 54x35, 48-5x37-5, 50x38, 

 53 x 38 mm. 



Cursorius gallicus gallicus. Cream-coloured Courser. 



Cursonus g. gallicus (Graelin) ; Bannerman, Part I. 

 pp. 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 52, 54, 57, 89. 



A series of immature exauiples was obtained which clearly 

 show the phases of plumage which the Cream-coloured 

 Courser passes through before assuming that of the adult. 

 The first stage which the fully fledged young exhibit is shown 

 by a bird shot on May the 20th, which was in company with 



