424 Mr. H. M. Drummond : List of Birds of the Island of Crete, 



Falco tinnunculus (B.). Breeds on the island. 



' tinnunculoidcs . Breeds : numerous. 



rufipes (B.). Seen in large flocks as late as 30th May : pro- 

 bably breeds. 



haliaetus (B.). Only one individual seen, 29th April. 



milvus (B.). A few seen on the Sfakian mountains. 



buteo (B.). Breeds. 



rufits (B.). Very common the end of April and beginning of 



May in the marshes. 



Strix passerina {B.). Very numerous : breeds. 



Corvus corax (B.). Common: breeds. 



comix (B.). Very numerous: breeds. 



monedula (B.). Common at the foots of the mountains, 



where it breeds. 



Garridtts glandmHiis*- (B. ?). A few seen on the Sfakian mountains, 

 where they breed. 



Pyrrhocorax graciilus (B.). Very numerous on the tops of Mount 

 Ida : breed there. 



Coracias garrula (B.). Only one seen, 15th May. 



Orioliis gcdbida (B.). Only two seen, the spring passage being 

 nearly over. 



Lanii/s rutilus\ (B.). Very com.mon : breeds. 



Muscicapa grisola (B.). Common : breeds. 



albicollis. Only one seen, 2Sth April. 



Tardus inerula (B.). Very numerous, particularly on the mountains, 

 where it breeds, 



cyaneus. Breeds on the mountains. 



Sylvia turdoides. Only one seen, 1st May. 



pliragmitis {B). Common: breeds. 



pnlustris. Very numerous : breeds (found only in the olive- 

 groves) . 



luscinia (B.). Very common along the rivers : breeds. 



melaiiocephcda. Very numerous : breeds. 



atricapil/a (B.). A few seen 29th April : does not remain. 



cinerea (B.). A few seen 29th April : does not remain. 



trochUus (B.). A few seen 29th April : does not remain. 



Troglodytes vulgaris (B.). Seen only on the mountains, where they 

 were pretty numerous : breed. 



Saxicola wnanthe (B.). Very common on the mountain tops, where 

 they breed. 



aurita. Not quite so common as. the above : found lower 



down on the mountains, where they breed];. 



* See the note, p. 414, supra. Crete being further eastward than the 

 Ionian Islands, it is probable that the jay of the former country is not the 

 Garrulm glandarius, but G. atiicapiUiis. — H. E. S. 



f L. rutiliis is the only one of the tribe found on the island, and L. meri- 

 dionalis, thougli so common in Corfu and the other Greek islands where it 

 breeds, was nowhere to be seen. — H. M. D. 



J If tlie S. aurita was actually proved to breed in Crete, it would certainly 

 indicate a specific distinction from S. sfapazina. But see the note, p. 41G, 

 supra. — H. E. S. 



