in Corfu, ^c, with Notes hy II. E. Strickland. 421 



Numenius phaopus (B.). Arrives the beginning of September in great 

 numbers : not so common as the above. 



Tringa suharquata (B.). These birds are common, arriving in autumn 

 and mixing with the dunlins and other sandpipers during the 

 winter, from which they are not easily distinguished : it is then 

 the pigmy curlew of Bewick. In the month of May they assume 

 their full plumage, and take their departure in the beginning of 

 June. 



variabilis ("B.). 1 Very common during the winter : go north 



minuta (B.). J beginning of May. 



Machetes pugnax (B.). Arrives the 15th of March : though the female 

 is very common, the male is seldom seen*. 



Totanusfuscus (B.). Very rare in Corfu. 



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



ochropusifi.). Arrives the 15th of March: very common : 



does not remain beyond the end of April. 



— hypoleucos (B.). Common during the winter and spring. 



glottis (B.). Common during the winter and spring. 



Scolopax rusticola (B.). Arrives the first week of October : very nu- 

 merous in Albania : returns by the 27th of March. 



major (B.). Arrives the 1st of April : does not remain beyond 



the end of the month. 



gallinago (B.). A few appear about the 20th of August, and 



by the 15th of November are seen in great numbers, particularly 

 on the salt marshes at Butrinto, opposite Corfu, where I have known 

 fifty couple to have been killed by one gun in a few hours. I have 

 occasionally seen them throughout the summer, so one may con- 

 clude that they breed there. 



peregrina. This bird is frequently found in Corfu, and may 



eventually prove only to be a variety of the gallinago ; the only dif- 

 ference being in its size, which is much less, and the tail-feathers 

 consisting of twelve instead of fourteen ; in other respects it is per- 

 fectly similar. 



gallinula (B.). Arrives about the 1st of November, and on 



its arrival is generally found in groups. 

 Rallus aquaticus (B.). Found in great numbers during all the winter 



months. 

 Gallinula crex (B.). Very rare : occasionally appears in April. 

 porzana (B.). Very common : sedentary : more abundant in 



spring. 



pusilla (B.). Very rare in Corfu : arrives in April. 



chloropus (B.). Very common : sedentary. 



Fulica atra (B.). Sedentary : in winter they are seen in immense 



numbers. 

 Podiceps cristatus (B.). "1 Very common in winter, arriving about the 



auritus (B.). > 1st of November and remaining till the 



minor (B.). J beginning of April. 



* It is possible that some of these supposed females may have been males 

 in winter plumage, as the latter do not acquire their nuptial dress till the 

 month of May. — H. E. S. 



