MEDITERRANEAN NOTES 233 



Pagellus erythrinus, some small mur<en<e (Mur<ena Helena] 

 and a curious fish of apparently the Cottus family* 

 Later on they brought a basket full of small fishes, 

 amongst which the most conspicuous were some brilliantly 

 coloured little fishes, which I take to be the rainbow 

 wrass (Coris julus\ or a nearly allied species. Many 

 small specimens of various species of the Labrus family 

 were brought to us, and some blennies and other 

 fishes. These fishermen spoke a Neapolitan jargon, which 

 I found very difficult to understand, but they lied freely 

 on many subjects. They had a few fragments of pink 

 coral. 



" The gulls are breeding ; the men brought off nine 

 eggs in the evening. The doctor caught two small lizards 

 (Zoo t oca mura/is, I think). The lighthouse men said that 

 there are no rock doves on the island, that formerly there 

 were many wild boars, now plenty of rabbits and many 

 wi]d cats, and that red-legged and grey partridges come 

 here in the winter ! ! that there are two pairs of ravens, 

 and that the lessee has turned down some pheasants. 

 There is no fresh water, except in tanks, on the island. 

 The men set a trot, and caught some small conger ; a line 

 was carried off by some fish from the vessel's side." 



" Birds seen : Falco peregrinus, of which T. shot a fine adult 

 female as she was feeding on a rock on north side. We also saw 

 the male bird. Upupa epops, Phcenicura ruticilla, Sylvia melano- 

 cephala, Cypselus melba, C. opus, Cuculus canorus, Totanus hypoleucus, 

 Larus hucophaus, Turtur communis, Linota cannabina, and other 

 small birds not distinguished." 



