^78 Captain P. W. Munn on the [Ibis, 



7. Sturnus unicolor. Sardinian Starling. 



Included in v. Jordans' list on the aiitliority of Barcelo, 

 Howard Saunders, and the Archduke Ludwig Salvador. 



8. Oriolus oriolus. Golden Oriole. 



A visitor in small numl)ers in the summer, when a few 

 probably remain to nest. I saw a male on 24 April, 1921, 

 near Puerto Alcudia. 



Observed by v. Jordans. 



9. Chloris c. aurantiiventris. Greenfinch- 



Tiosident and common. They commence laying about the 

 middle of April, nests being built chiefly in }»ines and wild 

 olive-trees. Both nests and eggs are similar to those of 

 the British race, though the eggs are usually somewhat 

 smaller. 



Obtained by v. Jordans, who states it is nowhere plentiful, 



10. Coccothraustes coccothraustes. Hawfinch. 



Not observed by v. Jordans, who quotes Barcelo and 

 Homeyer, but he saw a stuffed specimen in Arta obtained 

 in 1912. 



11. Carduelis carduelis africana. Goldfinch. 



One of the commonest birds all the year round, and the 

 species most frequently kept in cages. They find abundant 

 food in the thistles and weeds that flourish everywhere. 

 Nesting })lentifully in the pine-woods, in the orchards, and 

 in the wild olive-trees on the hillsides. Often their nests are 

 built in the curtains of SniUax aspersa, which forms such 

 impenetrable barriers in some parts of the woods, Tbe 

 earliest eggs are laid about the middle of A})ril, and the nests 

 are the usual beautiful structures of lichen, moss, and fine 

 twigs outside, thickly lined with vegetable down, a few 

 feathers, and a little palmeto fibre closely felted together. 

 The birds always show considerable excitement at their nest 

 and sit very closely on their eggs. 



Included in v. Jordans' list under the name of Carduelis c. 

 parva. Witherby considers those obtained bj' him to be 

 referable to C. c. africana. 



