Ornithology of Corsica. 19j 



in his yacht while searching for the breeding-places of 

 L. audouini {cf.' Ibis/ 1887, pp. 261-283), and also obtained 

 in Febnxary 1875 the specimens of Carduelis citrinella cor- 

 sicana which were figured in Dresser's ' Birds of Europe/ iii. 

 pi. 167. The works of Giglioli, Arrigoni, and Martorelli also 

 contain references to Corsicau birds. Major H. Trevelyan 

 visited the island from Jan. 13 to Feb, 23, 1909, and obtained 

 36 specimens of 16 species, which he presented to the 

 British Museum ; these are now incorporated in the 

 general collection. 



In the following paper the nomenclature of Dr. Hartert in 

 his ' Vogel der palaarktischen Fauna ' has been adopted (with 

 a few modifications) as far as possible, not only because it is 

 the only general work on the Palaearctic ornis which gives an 

 adequate description of the numerous forms which have 

 already been described, but also because it is an attempt to 

 rigidly carry out the rules of International nomenclature. 

 In this work also two races from Corsica are described for 

 the Hrst time [Certhia familiaris corsa and Parus cceruleus 

 og lias tree) . 



Systematic List. 



1. CoRvus coKAx SARDUs Klciiischmidt. Sardinian 

 Raven. 



Corvus sardus Kleinschmidt, Ornithol. Monatsberichte, 

 xi. p. 92 (1903— Sardinia). 



Local name : Corbo. The Raven is found both in Corsica 

 and Sardinia and is a sedentary species, nowhere plentiful, 

 but generally to be met with in scattereil pairs along the 

 rocky coasts and also in small numbers among the moun- 

 tains inland. The Sardinian form is intermediate between 

 the continental race, C. corax coraw L., and the Maroccan 

 bird, C. corax tingitanus Irby, but has, as a rule, a longer 

 wing and a more slender bill than the latter form, while it 

 closely resembles the Spanish race, C. corax hispanus Hart. & 

 Kleinschni. Four specimens obtained by Dr. Parrot from 

 Corsica shew considerable variation, but all have a short 

 tarsus and have the bill decidedly longer aud more slender 

 than in C. c. tingitanus-, they are probably referable to 



