248 Notes on the Ornithology of Sardinia. 



132. NlTCIFRAGA CARYOCATACTES. 



There is only a single specimen in the museum, which was 

 taken one winter near Aritzu, in the Gennargentu mountains. 



133. Fregilus graculus. 



Common in the higher ranges in the centre of the island. 

 There are none in the Monte- Limas range. 



134. Corvus CORAX. 



Very common. On the 2nd of May I was witness to what 

 must have been an unusual migration of these birds. When 

 on the road, halfway between Iglesias and St. Antioco, I saw 

 and counted more than 100 Ravens in one large straggling 

 flock, tossing and tumbling about in the air, performing all 

 kinds of curious antics, uttering incessantly their harsh croak. 

 They were proceeding, as long as I could see them, rapidly 

 and steadily in a north-easterly direction, not flying very high. 

 One nest I found contained six young birds— an unusually 

 large number. 



135. CORVUS FRUGILEGUS. 



Common in winter. None remain during the summer. 



136. CORVUS CORONE. 



A few observed in company with the following species. 



137. Corvus CORNIX. 



Extremely common all about the plain. At Oristano, du- 

 ring the month of March, they used to collect in flocks to roost 

 in the high reeds round the shores of the lakes, flying in like 

 Rooks from all quarters as it began to get dusk, until I am 

 sure there were several hundred 'collected in one spot. 



138. Corvus monedula. 



The only locality where I saw any Jackdaws was at Oris- 

 tano, where they were very common, breeding in the steeples 

 of the churches &c. I should imagine they occur pretty 

 generally through the island. 



139. Garrulus glandarius. 



Very numerous in the forests on the mountains at all 

 seasons. 



[To be continued.] 



