MEDITERRANEAN NOTES 233 



Pagellus erythrinus, some small murarite [^Murtena helena) 

 and a curious fish of apparently the Cottus family. 

 Later on they brought a basket full of small fishes, 

 amongst which the most conspicuous were some brilliantly 

 coloured little fishes, which I take to be the rainbow 

 wrass {Coris julus), or a nearly allied species. Many 

 small specimens of various species of the Labrus family 

 were brought to us, and some blennies and other 

 fishes. These fishermen spoke a Neapolitan jargon, which 

 I found very difficult to understand, but they lied freely 

 on many subjects. They had a few fragments of pink 

 coral. 



"The gulls are breeding; the men brought off nine 

 eggs in the evening. The doctor caught two small lizards 

 (^Zootoca muralis, I think). The lighthouse men said that 

 there are no rock doves on the island, that formerly there 

 were many wild boars, now plenty of rabbits and many 

 wild cats, and that red-legged and grey partridges come 

 here in the winter ! ! that there are two pairs of ravens, 

 and that the lessee has turned down some pheasants. 

 There is no fresh water, except in tanks, on the island. 

 The men set a trot, and caught some small conger ; a line 

 was carried off by some fish from the vessel's side." 



" Birds seen : Falco peregrinus, of which T. shot a fine adult 

 female as she was feeding on a rock on north side. We also saw 

 the male bird. Upupa epops, Phamicuni ruticilla, Sylvia meiano- 

 cephahi, Cypselus melba, C. apus, Cuculus canorus, Totanus hypakucus, 

 Larus leucophceus, Tiirtiir communis, Linota cannabina, and other 

 small birds not distinguished." 



