observed in the Ionian Islands, 5fc. 335 



139. Little Spotted Woodpecker. {Picus minor.) 

 Common in winter in the woods of Epirus. 



140. Green Woodpecker. {Gecinus viridis.) 



I saw a Green Woodpecker near the mouth of the Drin in 

 December 1857. This is the only instance in which this species 

 came under my observation in these parts. 



141. Grey-headed Green Woodpecker. [Gecinus canus.) 

 I saw a tine specimen of this bird near Cettinje, in Monte- 

 negro, in August 1857; he settled on a tree close to me, and I 

 watched him for several minutes, much regretting that I had 

 not a gun. 



142. Wryneck. {Yunx torquilla.) 



Not very common. I only twice observed it in Epirus ; the 

 first time in the great marsh at Phanari, in March 1857, and 

 again near Kinouria, at the head of the Lake of Butrinto, in 

 December of the same year. On the first occasion I mistook it 

 for Sylvia nisoria, and pursued it through dense thickets of 

 Tamarisk, till at last I succeeded in shooting it, and was greatly 

 disappointed when it turned out to be nothing but a " Cuckoo's 

 mate." 



143. Roller. {Coracias garrula.) 



Arrives in great numbers in Corfu about the middle of April ; 

 it only remains for a few days in the island, but breeds on the 

 mainland. I found a nest in the walls of a ruined house at 

 Delvino, in May 1857. The birds had quite lost their usual 

 timidity, and flew round my head chattering and screaming as I 

 approached the nest, which I suspect was an old one of some 

 other bird. This species is known to the cacciatori as ' Corvo 

 marino,' and among the Greek peasantry as 'AXKOKopcovr]. I 

 discovered another nest, in June 1857, in the banks of the 

 Kataito River, near the village of Mursyah. In this instance, 

 the nest was in a hole in the bank, and consisted of a few twigs, 

 carelessly put together. 



144. Common Bee-eater. {Merops apiaster.) 



Arrives in Corfu and Epirus in great numbers in April, and 

 breeds in the latter country on the banks of the Kataito River, 

 near Mursyah, and many other similar localities. In all the 



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