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A small series was obtained from Fuerteventura and 

 Lanzarote. 



Bill dark horn-colour ; iris dark hazel ; feet creamy-white. 



Two eggs were obtained which had been taken earlier in 

 the year. 



In colour they harmonize exactly with the ground upon 

 which they are laid. The specimens obtained in no wise 

 differ from the description given in the 'Catalogue of Eggs/ 

 and measure 35 x 27 mm. 



Glareola pratincola pratincola. Collared Pratincole. 



Glareola p. pratincola (Linn.) ; Bannerman, Part 1. 

 pp. 58, 63. 



The Collared Pratincole is an occasional wanderer to the 

 shores of the Canary Islands. It is, however, a distinctly 

 rare visitor, at any rate, to the western group. Meade- Waldo 

 records only two during his sojourn in the islands. I am 

 inclined to believe that it is of more regular occurrence in 

 Fuerteventura and Lanzarote, which would naturally be the 

 first land sighted. I met with a pair on the wide plain 

 bounded by the sea outside the town of Arrecife. A very 

 high wind was blowing at the time. Later I saw an example 

 of this species in the possession of Snr. Don Gonzalez y 

 Gonzalez of Arrecife which had been shot close to that town. 

 Herr von Thanner records four of these birds as having 

 been seen outside Arrecife on the 7th of May, 1913, one 

 of which had been shot, 



A pair was obtained from Lanzarote. 



Bill dark horn-colour, gape orange-red ; iris dark hazel ; 

 feet greenish brown. 



Testes and ovary small. Crop contained beetles. 



Hsematopus niger meadewaldoi. Meade-Waldo^s Black 

 Oystercatcher. 



HcBmatopus niger meadewaldoi Bannerman, Bull. B. O. C. 

 xxxi. 1913, p. 33 ; Bannerman, Part I. pp. 45, 46, 71, 

 Plate VI. 



