The Law 7/1991 of Symbols of Nature for the Canary Islands establishes one animal and one plant as formal symbols for each of the Canary islands and for the whole Archipelago. The final set of species is not exactly the same that I promoted after having agreed with each of the Island Councils (two species were changed), but Parliament is Parliament, and I should be happy with this one-article-law for wich I forsee a long journey. The paintings in the preface to this section were created by Eric C. Cichosz Heuschkel, a great muralist.