24 Mr. J. Whitehead's Ornithological 



IV. — Ornithological Notes from Corsica. 

 By John Whitehead. 



(Plate II.) 



Arriving in Ajaccio in the middle of Novembei' 1882, I 

 remained in the neighbourhood, shooting and collecting 

 birds, until the beginning of January 1883, when I crossed the 

 island to Aleria, and worked my way down the east coast to 

 Bonifacio, and, via Sartene, back to Ajaccio. A great storm on 

 the 12th March, which lasted three days, added many birds 

 to my list, some of which I did not meet with again. On 

 the 22nd of March I started for Bastia ; but as the shooting 

 on the lagoon there proved a failure, I left in two days for 

 Ajaccio by the west coast, but during the whole journey 

 hardly noticed a bird. In April I returned to the east 

 coast, where I remained moving from place to place until the 

 15th of June. The shooting of the new Nuthatch induced 

 a second trip, but only added thirty birds new to my list. 

 As some of the best days of the season of jjassage were 

 spent in the mountains, no doubt I missed a few birds. 



The following notes are the result of some fifteen months 

 spent in Corsica, most of the time being devoted to shoot- 

 ing. During the hotter months I kept out of the marshes 

 as much as possible, so I was unable to take several interesting 

 nests. 



I cannot conclude without thanking several Corsican 

 gentlemen, who did all in their power to assist me, also Mr. 

 R. B. Sharpe for his notes on several species. 



1. Bearded Vulture. Gypaetus barhatus. 



Seen on two occasions in the mountains in the middle of 

 March. The shepherds say that they often lose lambs by 

 this Vulture in spring. A schoolmaster told me he had a 

 stuffed Eagle, shot near the town, which, when I went to 

 see it, proved to be the much moth-eaten remains of a 

 Bearded Vulture. 



2. Golden Eagle. Aquila chrysaetus 



I visited two eyries of a large Eagle in the mountains ; one 



