MEDITERRANEAN NOTES 243 



MADDALENA 



" May 1 5//z. T., Peck, and captain went off to 

 Spargi for Audouin's eggs, but only found a few broken 

 egg-shells, the ravens having been beforehand with them. 

 We went after luncheon to the islands between Madda- 

 lena and Caprera ; saw nothing except an osprey carrying 

 large fish. The old Trojan shot another specimen of 

 Sardinian warbler ; some Neapolitans brought a fine 

 specimen of dusky perch (Serranus gigas} weighing 

 22 Ibs. from Tavolara. Boy brought Passer salicicolus 

 alive. Trojan and captain brought two nests with eggs 

 and several birds Melizophilus sardus* also woodlark 

 {Alauda arborea] new to list." 



" May i6th. Saw several vultures (V. monachus and 

 G. fuhus"). The captain and the old Trojan went 

 round the western end of San Stefano to inspect the 

 bones of a whale which was cast ashore on the northern 

 side of Maddalena and towed to this spot. Secured and 

 brought off the two jaw-bones." 



" May i *]th. The captain went off before daylight 

 to the haunts of Audouin on Spargi, but found nothing 

 but broken egg-shells. The whale must have been a 

 monster; nothing now left but bone. Trojan shot several 

 MeHzophilus sardus and caught a young one alive, well 



* La Marmora's Warbler. See p. 253. 



