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3. CoRvus coRON'E L. Carriou-Crovr. 



A scarce winter visitor, noted on a few occasions by 

 Wliitehead and by Backhouse near Ajaccio. Apparently it 

 lias been known to stay and breed on at least one occasion, 

 for Wharton ('Ibis/ 1876, p. 24) records it as nesting on 

 April 30, a rather late date for the south. Dr. Parrot 

 (Orn. Jahrb. xxi. p. 126) is somewhat sceptical as to the 

 occurrence of this species, but it is scarcely probable that 

 all three observers were mistaken. 



4. CoRVUS FRUGILEGUS L. Rook. 



Winter visitor : according to Whitehead very common 

 on the east coast, leaving at the end of February and not 

 seen after the beginning of March. Parrot noticed several 

 birds, which probably belonged to this species, near Biguglia 

 on Jan. 7, and also saw a flock of about 20 over the Golo 

 Valley. 



5. CoLCEUs MONEDULA L. Jackdaw. 



A scarce winter visiter : Whitehead observed a few in 

 company with Rooks in winter on the east coast. 



6. Pica pica (L.). Magpie. 



An accidental autumn and winter visitor, only twice 

 recorded. Giglioli mentions one seen near Corte on Sept. 16, 

 1877, and Parrot records another from the north-east of 

 Corsica near Biguglia on Jan. 7, 1910. 



7. Garrulus glandarius ichnus^ Kleinschmidt. Sar- 

 dinian Jay. 



Garrulus ichnusae Kleinschmidt, Ornithol. Monatsber. 

 xi. p. 92 (1903— Sardinia). 



Garrulus glandarius sardus Tschusi, Ornithol. Jahrbuch 

 xiv. p. 140 (1903— Sardinia). 



Local name : Ghiandaia. Common to both Corsica and 

 Sardinia, and tolerably plentiful in the wooded parts of the 

 low ground and foot-hills, though in the pine-forests on 

 the mountains it is comparatively rare. It is an easily 

 recognisable form, and the distinctions between it and the 

 British race were pointed out by Backhouse as fcir back as 1891. 



