382 Letters, Announcements, i^c. 



valued in the order stated. I make mention of these facts 

 simply to show that the migration of this species is remark- 

 able in its character. 



Perdix rubra. This species is still very plentiful. Their 

 apparent scarcity in spring, mentioned by Mr. Wharton, is 

 owing to the terrible persecution they receive at the hands 

 of the natives, who poach irrespective of close time, and 

 moreover destroy whole coveys, either by torch-light or 

 when the birds come to drink. I may also add tliatthe Red- 

 legged Partridge is a very difficult bird to spring without 

 a very good dog ; and the situations in which it is found are 

 so rocky, inaccessible, and clothed with dense cover, that 

 the birds escape detection except by a most indefatigable 

 sportsman. 



List of Species obtained by me in Corsica in 18G5 and 1866. 



Aqaila chrysaetus. Two specimens in the flesh, shot near 

 Corte, both decidedly smaller than the usual type of Golden 

 Eagle. Unfortunately I did not take measurements, and the 

 skins have long since disappeared. 



Buteo vulgaris. Common all along the east coast. 



Circus cyaneus. In the flesh; procured from the plain 

 near Lake Bigulia. 



Scops ffiu. Bought in the market at Bastia, where they 

 hung for sale, partly plucked, to show the fat ! 



Coccothraustes vulgaris. Bought in the market at Bastia. 



Anas strepera. Shot by myself at Lake Biguila. 



Mergus albellus $ . Given me in the flesh ; shot on Lake 

 Bigulia. 



List of Species, 1875. 



Pandion haliaetus. A skin. Bird procured 1874 at Lake 

 Bigulia. A pair or two are to be seen on most of the lagoons 

 on the east coast. 



Phasianus colchicus. In the flesh ; shot at Aleria, on the 

 east coast, where there are a few of these birds. When they 

 were introduced into the island I cannot find out. 



Podiceps cristatus. In the flesh ; shot on Lake Bigulia, 

 not uncommon on the lagoons on the east coast during winter. 



