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



and are constantly seen skimming over the salt marshes in search 



of insects ; by the first week of May they take their departure. 

 Otis tarda (B.). Very rare in the islands : a very fine male was shot 



in Corfu in February 1842. 

 tetrax (B.). Of regular passage in Santa Maura and Zante, 



arriving in the beginning of April : does not remain : never seen 



in Corfu. 

 (Edicnemus crepitans (B.). Common : breeds in some of the islands. 

 Himantopus melanopterus (B.). Occasionally seen during its passage 



in April in considerable numbers in Corfu, but does not remain. 

 Hcematopus ostralegus (B.). Not very common: arrives about the 



20th of March, does not remain. 

 Charadrius pluvialis (B.). Small flocks are occasionally seen during 



the winter months. 



hiaticula (B.). 1 These birds arrive in great numbers the 



minor (B.). J beginning of October, especially the 



C. minor, and remain till the end of May. 

 Vanellus melanogaster (B.). Seen occasionally in the months of 



April and September. 



cristatus (B.). Very common during the winter. 



Strepsilas collaris (B.). Occasionally passes in April : rare. 

 Ciconia alba (B.). Arrives the 1st of April, remains till middle of 



May. 

 Ardea cinerea (B.). Very rare in Corfu : occasionally seen in the 



spring. 



purpurea (B.). Very numerous : arrive the 1st of April : breed. 



egretta (B.). Never seen in Corfu, but common in Santa 



Maura and the salt marshes on the Albanian coast opposite Corfu : 



arrive in October and depart early in March. 



garzetta (B.). Common in Corfu, and are found in Albania in 



troops of from fifty to sixty ; arrive in September and go north by 

 end of April. 



stellaris (B.). Never seen in Corfu ; very common in Albania. 



ralloides (B.). Very common during its passage : arrives the 



first week of April, but does not remain longer than 15th of 



May. 

 minuta (B.). Arrives in Corfu in great numbers about the 1st 



of May : a few remain to breed, and though the young may be 



found in the autumn, I have never been able to discover the old 



birds at that season, and therefore conclude that they must return 



south at an earlier period. 

 Nycticorax ardeola (B.). Arrives the first week of April, does not 



remain. 

 Recurvirostra avocetta (B.). Occasionally seen in Corfu beginning 



of April : rare. 

 Ibis falcinellus (B.). More numerous some seasons than others : 



arrives the 10th of April, but disappears by the first week of 



May. 

 Numenius arquatus (B.). Arrives the beginning of September in 



great numbers. 



