418 Mr. H. M. Drummond : Catalogue of Birds found 



Fringilla montium (B.). Sedentary. 



— — — carduelis (B.). 1 These birds are seen in large flocks, and 



citrinella. J generally in company during the winter, 



arriving the latter part of September and disappearing by the first 

 week of April. A few of the former may sometimes be seen during 

 the summer, but rarely, the latter never. 



spinus (B.). Only one instance of this bird having been seen 



in Corfu, and that I shot just outside the town ; it probably might 

 have made its escape from the cage. I have never heard of its 

 being seen in Albania or any of the islands previous to this in- 

 stance. 



Cuculus canorus (B.). Very common during the passage ; arrives 

 about the 10th of April, and have all passed by the beginning of 

 May. They are killed by the Greeks in great numbers and sold 

 as a delicacy. 



Picas major (B.). "I Are the only two of the family that are ever seen, 



medius. J and both these very rare even in Albania, and 



only one instance occurs of the former having been shot in Corfu. 



Yunx torquilla (B.). Arrives the 20th of March : not very common : 

 does not remain. In Malta these birds are so numerous during 

 the passage that they are brought into market in basket-loads, 

 when they are immediately stripped of their feathers, trussed, and 

 the bill dextrously passed in under the wings ; in this state they 

 are sold in numbers to the uninitiated at a high price as fine fat 

 snipes. 



Sitta syriaca. Not very common in the islands, but occasionally seen 

 among the rocks : they breed in Corfu and arrive there about the 

 end of March. 



Certhia familiaris (B.). Common in the winter, making their ap- 

 pearance with the fire-crested wren. 



Tichodroma phoenicoptera. These very rare birds I have never seen 

 in Corfu. Mr. Alexander informed me that they were found on 

 the rock of Ovo at Cerigo in the winter, being, as he supposes, 

 driven down from the mountains by the snow. It is also found in 

 the cliffs of the island of Fano, where they have at different times 

 been shot by Mr. J. Greenwood, son of the resident. 



Upupa epops (B.). Very numerous during the passage : it makes its 

 appearance among the first, arriving about the 15th or 20th of 

 March : a few remain during the summer. 



Merops apiaster (B.). Arrive about the 5th of April : some seasons 

 they come in great numbers, and may be heard high up in the air 

 and far out of sight, uttering their guttural cry, on their way to 

 the north. Sometimes they will come and alight on some solitary 

 tree in such numbers that I have known an instance of twenty-five 

 having been killed at one shot. These birds are generally the im- 

 mediate forerunner of the quail, from which they are generally 

 called the king-quail. Tlie stomach of several of these birds which 

 I examined contained the remains of large hornets and brown 

 moths of a large size : they do not remain. 



Alcedo ispida (B.). Generally makes its appearance about the end 



