23G Mr. A. B. Brooke on the 



35. PlCUS MINOR. 



Not uncommon, according to Cara. I never saw one. 



36. Cuculus CANORUS. 



Very common in summer. I heard the first on the 8th of 

 April 1871, and on the 11th of April 1870. In the lliviera 

 I have heard them as early as the 1th of April. 



37. CoRACIAS GARRULA 



is stated by Signor Cara to frequent in small numbers cer- 

 tain localities between Cagliari and Orre, and also near Ori- 

 stano. I did not see any during my short stay in the latter 

 place. 



38. Alcedo ispida. 



It is curious I never saw a Kingfisher during my stay in 

 Sardinia, although I visited many likely localities. Cara and 

 Salvadori, however, state it is not uncommon. 



39. Merops apiaster. 



From about the 17th of April large flocks of these birds 

 began to appear, flying very high in a northerly direction. 

 The first arrivals seemed all to pass on further north ; and it 

 was quite a week later before they began to settle in the south 

 of the island. On their migration they keep up their soft 

 musical note, which can be heard a long distance off. Large 

 numbers build in the island. 



40. Upupa epops. 



Common, arriving in considerable numbers in spring. Cara 

 states that some stay during the winter, which I think doubtful. 

 They arrive very early in April. I had a nestling brought 

 to me on the 29th of May. 



41. Caprimulgus europ^us. 



I only once put up one of these birds, on the top of some 

 high mountains, in the middle of April. 



42. Cypselus melba. 



On the 30th of March I first saw a pair of Swifts ; hut they 

 were flying too high to distinguish to which species they be- 

 longed. The present species builds in great numbers in the 

 high rocks and precipices about the mountains. 



