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as their feathers readily fall off, and their skins are tender and 

 easily torn. 



Length 8^ inches. Irides reddish ; legs and feet pale flesh- 

 colour ; upper surface of body pale brown, each feather tipped 

 with darker, forming transverse bars ; chin and breast dove- 

 colour, feathers tipped with darker; belly buff, feathers with 

 darker tips; six outer tail-feathers black, with white tips; two 

 next black, with basal part of the shaft red ; centre feathers 

 brown; wing-feathers rich chestnut-red, edged with blackish- 

 brown. 



[To be continued.] 



XXVII. — Notes on Birds observed in the Ionian Islands, and the 

 Provinces of Albania proper, Epirus, Acarnania, and Monte- 

 negro. By the Hon. Thomas L. Powys, F.Z.S. (Part III.) 



[Continued from page 140.] 



81. Hedge Sparrow. [Accentor modularis.) 



Very common in Corfu in winter. I have observed one or two 

 individuals daring the summer months, and seen some eggs 

 (which I believe belonged to this species) taken in Epirus. 



82. Robin Redbreast. [Sylvia rubecula.) 



Arrives in Corfu in great numbers about the end of October, 

 and disappears in March. Not very abundant on the mainland. 



83. Blue-throated Warbler. [Sylvia cyanecula.) 



I only once saw a bird of this species in these parts ; this was 

 in the Val di Roppa, in Corfu, in April 1857. 



84. Common Redstart. [Sj/lvia phoenicura.) 



Arrives in March in small numbers, remaining, I think, only 

 a few days. 



85. Black Redstart. [Sylvia tithys.) 



Common in Corfu and Epirus in winter. A few remain to 

 breed in the island. 



86. White Wagtail. [Motacilla alba.) 



Common, and resident in Corfu ; I have not observed it on 

 the mainland except during the winter months. 



