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One Dartford Warbler I met with on the hillside, and a 

 few Black Redstarts near the shore. Firecrests were rather 

 common in the fir trees. Hedge Sparrow we met with here 

 and there. 



Of the Tits, Blue and Great were plentiful ; Coal I saw at 

 Boconagno. The Long-tailed proved to belong to the race 

 discovered by Col. Irby in the Pyrenees, and known as Acre- 

 dula irbii. This is a very interesting record, as this particular 

 race has only been known from the South of France, Spain, 

 Northern Italy, and Sicily. Irby's Long-tailed Tit differs from 

 the British race in having the scapulars grey instead of 

 vinous, whilst both differ from the usual Continental type in 

 having much less white upon the head. 



The Creeper we met with amongst the Spanish Chestnut 

 groves at Boconagno. The Wren was in the marshes. Of 

 Wagtails the White and the Grey were fairly common. The 

 latter were most difficult to shoot, but finally Mr. Backhouse 

 examined a specimen from the market. The Meadow Pipit 

 was to be seen following the plough. I got a near view 

 through my glass of an Alpine or Water Pipit on the roadside 

 amongst the snow at Vizzavona, about 3000 feet above the sea. 



The Swallow tribe was represented by the Crag Martin, a 

 bird which nests in Switzerland, and under the rocky ledges 

 of cliffs in the Alpes-Maritimes. 



Goldfinches were often to be seen in small flocks near the 

 shore. A flock of about forty Citril Finches were feeding in 

 some Alders at Boconagno. We met with smaller flocks near 

 Ajaccio. On one occasion we met with a flock of about thirty 

 Serin Finches on waste land near the gulf. Greenfinch and 

 Linnet also occurred on the waste lands. Hawfinches were 

 frequently seen in the market ; they probably came from the 

 woods inland. The Sparrows were all Italian Sparrows. 

 Chaffinches were, without exception, the commonest birds. 

 They rose in hundreds from the hillsides below the Olives. 

 Many birds we noted were in specially bright plumage ; cock 

 Chaffinches had exceptionally broad and pure white bars on 

 the wings, bright greenish yellow on the rump, dark rose- 

 colour on the breast, and pearly white bills. 



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