422 Catalogue of Birds found in Corfu. 



Sterna caspia (B.). Two of these birds were shot at Butrinto, oppo- 

 site Corfu, by Capt. Sandham, R.E., 5th of April 1835. 



hirundo (B.). 1 



nigra (B.). > Common during the spring. 



. minuta (B.). J 



Larus argentatus (B.). Sedentary : very numerous. These birds are 

 the only ones of the family that are abundant during the summer 

 months. 



canus (B.). Very common : does not breed. 



melanocephalus . Very common in winter, when it may easily 



be known from the L. ridibundus in being entirely white, and ha- 

 ving no black tips to the wings ; about the 1st of March the head 

 assumes a jet-black : disappear by the 1st of April. 



Puffinus cinereus. Sedentary. 



anglorum (B.). Sedentary. 



Thalassidroma pelagica (B. }^. Rarely seen in these seas *. 



Anserferus (B.). Very rare ; only having seen three of these birds 

 in the winter of 1841-42. 



Cygnus musicus (B.). Very rare : only one instance occurs of this 

 bird having been shot in Cephalonia. 



Anas tadorna (B.). Very common. 



boschas (B.). Very common : breeds at Butrinto. 



strepera (B.). Rare. 



acuta (B.). Sometimes very common. 



penelope (B.). Extremely numerous. 



querquedula (B.). Extremely numerous : breeds in Corfu. 



crecca (B.). Not so numerous as the above. 



clypeata (B.). Very common. 



nyroca (B.). Very common. 



fuligula (B.). Very common. 



Mergus serrator (B.). Very numerous in Corfu : arrives in November. 



albellus (B.). Rare : not seen in Corfu, found in Santa 



Maura. 



Pelecanus onocrotalus. Very numerous in Santa Maura and Butrinto, 

 opposite Corfu, where they may be seen in flocks from fifteen to 



* In a recent letter to myself Capt. Drummond remarks, that when the 

 above list was drawn up " I had not seen the Thalassidroma meletensis dis- 

 covered by my friend Signor Schembri at Malta, who stated that the pelagica 

 is not known there, and that the meletensis breeds in great numbers on the 

 rock of Filfola at the south end of the island of Malta. When in the Ionian 

 Islands I was unfortunately unable to procure a specimen, but I have no 

 doubt that what I saw were the meletensis, and that it is peculiar to the 

 Mediterranean. On my passage home I saw plenty of the meletensis, but 

 after passing the Gut [of Gibraltar] the pelagica made its appearance, and 

 the meletensis was no longer seen. They are easily distinguished ; the me- 

 letensis is, if anything, a little smaller, and has the lower half of the tail- 

 feathers white as well as the rump." I have only to remark that this sup- 

 posed new species of Thalassidroma (of which I can find no published 

 account) must be the T. pelagica of the Prince of Canino, who states it in 

 his * Fauna Italica' to breed on rocks near Malta. — H. E. S. 



