MEDITERRANEAN NOTES 151 



Leghorn. Pisa 



^'February ^t/i. Drove to Pisa and back. 

 " February ^th. Sailed for Naples." 



Birds seen between Leghorn and Pisa, February 4th 



" Tinnunculus alaudarius, Corvus frugilegus, Columba anas, Passer 

 italice, Fringilla carduelis, Alauda cristata, Motacilla alba, Fringilla 

 ccelebs." 



Birds seen at Sea 



" Larus argentatus, L. ridibundus, L. caniis, L. melayiocephalus, 

 Puffinus (sp. ?), Uria (sp. ?), Tringa (sp. ?). Two small flocks of 

 some sandpiper flying low towards the land, apparently coming 

 from Corsica." 



Naples 



" We remained at Naples till March 4th, having had 

 an accident to the yacht, and generally very cold wet 

 weather. We stayed at Lady Holland's house, the 

 Palazzo Mocella, and made as many excursions as the 

 weather would permit. I hardly ever saw any country, 

 except some parts of France, so entirely devoid of birds, 

 saving the gulls in the port. Game of all sorts is scarce 

 in the market and very dear, almost all the shooting 

 being in private hands. The king has some fine shooting 

 in the neighbourhood, particularly at Licola, where there is 

 an immense quantity of wildfowl. The chief information 

 on sport I had was from the Cavalier Mario Matuno, who 

 is grand veneur to the king. He tells me that bears are 

 still found in some parts of the Abruzzi, and that wolves 

 are not uncommon in the mountains, red and fallow deer 



