Ornithology of Corsica. 19 



9. COTYLE RIPARIA. 



Fairly numerous after the end of March. 



10. CoTYLE RUPESTRIS. 



None noticed until the beginning of December ; but after 

 that date numbers were seen on both the west and east coasts 

 and at Corte. 



11. Chelidon urbica. 



Very common after March 14th. 



12. Alcedo ispida. 



A few seen on the sea-coast at Ajaccio in November, but 

 never noticed afterwards or elsewhere. 



13. Merops apiaster. 



At Biguglia on April 30th and May 1st I noticed several 

 small parties of six or eight flying in a northerly direction. 

 None seemed to settle, though every now and then one would 

 halt in its flight as if with the intention of doing so. Once, 

 on firing at the leading bird of a party of six, about fifty 

 yards up, they all halted for a few seconds straight over my 

 head, and then flew on as if nothing had happened, not alter- 

 ing their former course in the least. 



14. Upupa epops. 



First seen at the beginning of April, but nowhere numerous. 



15. Certhia familiaris. 



A few seen in the large chestnut-groves at Corte on April 

 8th, but observed nowhere else. 



16. Troglodytes parvulus. 



Fairly common, but more so on the west than the east side 

 of the island. 



17. CiSTICOLA schcenicola. 



Numerous at Biguglia, but observed nowhere else. 



18. Calamodyta arundinacea (L.). 



The Great Sedge Warbler seems to occur but sparingly, 

 none being observed on the west side, and (ndy four or five 

 on the east, three of which 1 shot, all pi'oving to be males. 



