192 Rev. F. C. K. Jourdain 07i the 



1876. C. B. Wharton, " Notes on the Ornithology of Corsica," Ibi?, 

 1876, pp. 17-29.— An excellent list of 113 species, of -nhich 90 

 ■were actually shot by the writer and the remaining 23 carefully 

 identified. Mr. Wliiirton was in Corsica from September 26, 1874, 

 to the beginning of May 1875, and most of his work w-as done 

 along the west and north-east coasts. Among the more notable 

 records is one of the breeding of the Carrion-Crow, Corvus 

 corone L., in Corsica, the only instance known. Several species are 

 admitted to the present list ou the authority of this list alone, 

 e. g. the Redwing, Aquatic Warbler, Ortolan, Collared Flycatcher, 

 Great White Heron, and Little Bittern. 



1S76. W. JussE [Supplementary Notes to Mr. Wharton's list], Ibis, 1876, 

 pp. 380-383. — In this letter to the Editor, Mr. Jesse, after some 

 general observations and critical notes, gives a list of 7 species 

 obtained by him in 1865 and 1866 (of which 6 were not mentioned 

 by Wharton) and of 7 additional species obtained in 1875, also not 

 previously recorded, thus adding 13 species to the list. 



1884. Dr. R. B. Shakpe, " On an apparently new Species of Nuthatch," 

 P. Z. S. 1884, pp. 233, 329 ; " Further Notes on Whitehead's 

 Nuthatch," t. c. p. 414, pi. xxxvi. (Description and hgure of 

 adult male and female of Sitta whiteheadi.) 



1885. J. Whitehead, "Ornithological Notes from Corsica," Ibis, 1885, 

 pp. 24-48, pi. ii. — This is a most important annotated list of 176 

 species, identified or obtained by Mr. Whitehead during a 

 residence of about fifteen months in Corsica, from November 1882 

 to .luue 15, 1883, and again in the first half of 1884. It contains 

 valuable notes on the migration of many species as well as full 

 breeding data, while many of the skins and eggs obtained are now 

 at Tring and a few in the British Museum. Whitehead did not 

 collect series of skins, but in most cases was content with only 

 two or three specimens of each species. He is still the sole 

 authority for the inclusion of some 32 species in the Corsican list, 

 and is the only naturalist who has taken the eggs of t!ie Common 

 Whitethroat and Short-toed Lark on the island; while he was 

 the first to investigate the breeding species as a whole. The most 

 remarkable discovery made by him was, of course, the new species 

 of Nuthatch known by his name — an isolated form the nearest 

 allies of wliich are found in Canada and Mongolia ! 



1890. Prof. E. H (tIGlioli, ' Primo resoconto dei risultati della inchiesta 

 ornitologica in Italia. Parte seconda: Avifaune locali,' pp. 631- 

 642. Introduction and briefly annotated list of 220 species, 

 compiled from the papers of Wharton and Whitehead, together 

 with the writer's own observations in September and October 1877 

 and October 1889. — This is the first attempt to collate what had 

 been already recorded on tht Oruithologv of the island, and iu 



