286 Mr. D. A. Bannerman on an Ornithological 



Limosa limosa. Black-tailed God wit. 



Limosa limosa (Linn.) ; Bannerman, Part I. p. 63. 



A Greenshank was seen on the island of Graciosa. The 

 other two species were not met with during the Expedition. 



Stuffed specimens of both Godwits, which had been shot 

 near Arrecife, were seen in Lanzarote. They occasionally 

 touch the islands on migration. 



Numenius arquatus arquatus. The Curlew. 



Numenius arquatus arquatus (Linn.) ; Bannerman, Part L 

 pp. 46, 72. 



A Curlew was heard calling on the reefs at Toston in 

 Fuerteventura in the second week in May. 



I next flushed four birds on the island of Graciosa early 

 in June. Meade-Waldo often met with them in the eastern 

 islands, but ridicules von Thanner's assertion that the 

 Curlew has bred on the " Matas Blancas^^ in the south of 

 Fuerteventura. 



Numenius phgeopus phseopus. The Whimbrel. 



Numenius phaopus pliceopus (Linn.) ; Bannerman, Part I 

 pp. 46, 72. 



The Whimbrel is a very plentiful species in the eastern 

 Canary Islands in May and June. It was particularly 

 common on the reefs at Toston and on the north-west coast 

 of Graciosa. It is doubtless found in every suitable place 

 round the shores of the larger islands. Von Thanner says 

 that Whimbrels breed on Graciosa. 



Examples were obtained from Fuerteventura and Graciosa. 



Bill dark horn-colour ; iris dark hazel ; feet greenish grey. 



Sterna hirundo. The Common Tern. 



Sterna hirundo Linn. ; Bannerman, Part I. pp. 63, 72. 



Sterna sandvicensis sandvicensis. The Sandwich Tern. 



Steima s. sandvicensis Latham ; Bannerman, Part I. 

 pp. 63, 72. 



Both the above species are found at certain times of the 

 year on the coasts of the eastern Canary Islands. In 1841 



