in Corfu, ^c, vnth Notes by H.E. Strickland. 417 



Motacilla boarula (B.). Makes its appearance during the winter, 



but is rare. 

 Anthus rufescens. 1 o j i. j • ^t_ • ^ 

 nratensis IB ) 1^^^^"*^^ = ^^^7 common during the winter, 



arboreus \b.). J ^^^ "^"^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ ^"^°^^^- 



Alauda arvensis (B.). Arrives in Corfu the latter part of September, 



and takes its departure the following February. 

 ^ arbor ea (B.). Arrives in Corfu the end of September in 



small flocks and remains during the winter, retiring to the high 



mountains of Albania in the spring. 



cristata. Very numerous : remains all the year. 



isabellina. Rare : arrives in the middle of April, does not 



remam. 



calandra. Never seen in Corfu, but has been shot in Zante, 



where it is very rare. These birds were seen in great numbers at 

 Lutraki, near Corinth, in June 1842, but I have not observed it 

 in any other part of Greece. 



Parus major (B.). Very common : sedentary. 



cceruleus (B.). Very common : sedentary. 



caudatus (B.). Occasionally seen in small flocks in winter. 



Emberiza melanocephala. Arrives in great numbers about the be- 

 ginning of May and remains all the summer, generally frequenting 

 the vineyards, where it builds its nest in the stump of an old vine. 



■ miliaria (B.). Very common : remains all the year. 



schoenicula (B. ?). Seen in Corfu only during the winter*. 



hortulana (B.). Arrives 10th of April; about the beginning 



of May they retire to the mountains to breed. 



C(Esia. Arrives in considerable numbers about 10th of April, 



but is found only on the hills where it breeds. 



cirlus (B.). Sedentary, though not very common. 



Loxia cnrvirostra (B.). Very rare : of accidental passage, but has 

 been shot in Corfu, as I was informed through the kindness of 

 Mr. Alexander, collector of customs and superintendent of the 

 quarantine establishment at Cerigo, to whom I am indebted for 

 much information concerning the birds of Cerigo ; he is a zealous 

 ornithologist, and has been recently joined by some of the En- 

 glish inhabitants in establishing a museum at Corfu, where he has 

 consigned his valuable collection of birds of the Ionian Islands. 



Pyrrhula vulgaris (B.). Seen only in the winter : rare in Corfu. 



Fringilla coccothraustes (B.). Seen only in winter : some seasons 

 very rare in Corfu, at others common : goes north beginning of 

 April. 



>- chloris (B.). Very common : remains all the year round. 



domestica (B.). Very common : remains all the year round. 



coelebs (B.). Arrives in Corfu about the 1st of October: 



common during the winter : disappears the end of February. 



• cannabina (B.). Sedentary. 



* I would suggest a query, whether this may not be the nearly allied spe- 

 cies E. pyrrhuloides, Pall. {E. palustris, Savi), which is abundant in the 

 South of Europe. — H. E. S. 



