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eastern group of islands, and are not represented by any 

 species in any of the western islands with the exception of 

 Gran Canaria. In this list I have included Erythrospiza 

 githaginea amantum and Cursorius gallicus gallicus, and state 

 that both these species are found on the south-east coast of 

 Gran Canaria, while the Trumpeter Bullfinch is occasionally 

 met with in the desert parts of Tenerife. I am not per- 

 sonally very well acquainted with the large island of 

 Tenerife, not having visited the south, I therefore based 

 my remarks on this island largely on Mr. Meade-Waldo's 

 paper ('Ibis/ 1903). Since my paper appeared I have 

 received a letter from Herr von Thanner, who is a resident 

 ornithologist in Tenerife, pointing out that at the present 

 day Erythrospiza g. amantum and Cursorius g. gallicus are 

 both resident breeding-hivA^ in that island. 



I am obliged to Herr von Thanner for calling my attention 

 to the fact, as the extended distribution of these two species 

 is a matter of some interest to every student of Canarian 

 ornithology. 



I am. Sir, 



Yours &c., 



David A. Bannerman. 



6 Mores Garden, Cheyne Walk, 

 Chelsea, S.W. 

 June 8, 1914. 



Sir, — Referring to Capt. Hubert Lynes's very interesting 

 article in your April number ^' Remarks on the Geogra- 

 phical Distribution of the ChifFchaff and Willow Warbler/^ 

 I would offer a few observations. 



So far as I know the Willow Warbler has not yet been 

 found to nest in Portugal. Large numbers of them pass 

 through on migration during the autumn along the west 

 coast. 



They do not winter in this neighbourhood, but probably 

 pass on to Africa across the Straits of Gibraltar, or from 

 the south coast of Portugal to Morocco. That any remain 

 in Portugal during the summer is very doubtful. 



