198 ' Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain on the 



It is ratlier a smaller bird than the ordinary continental race, 

 with only a slight reddish tinge on the grey back. The eggs 

 are 5 or 6 in number and may be found during the first half 

 of May, usually from about the 7tli to the 16th. Average 

 size of 43 Corsican eggs, 3r25 x 23*2 mm. ; max. 34-5 x 23-5 

 and 31x24-4, min. 28-5 x 22-8 and 30x217. They vary 

 a good deal in type of colouring as well as in size. Like the 

 other Jays, the hen is a very close sitter and an excellent 

 mimic, imitating the mew of the Buzzard to perfection. 



8. rYRRIIOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX (L.) . ChoUgh. 



Whitehead mentions having seen five on Jan. 29, and 

 met with them again at the same place on March 16. No 

 other records. 



9. PvRRHocoRAX GRACULUs (L.). Alj)ine Chough. 

 Whitehead saw several large flocks, but was not able to 



identify them till March 16, 1884. He was informed by 

 the natives that they stay to breed, but considered this 

 doubtful. Giglioli records this species as seen in the Valle 

 ddla Restonica on Oct. 5, 1889. 



10. Sturnus vulgaris L. Starling. 



Local name : Stornello (North Corsica) . A winter visitor, 

 chiefly seen on the autumn and spring passage. Wharton only 

 noticed it from February to April, but Whitehead observed 

 small flocks in winter and, curiously enough, saw none after 

 the end of February. Backhouse saw only one bird in the 

 Ajaccio market during December and January ; but Giglioli 

 records great parties near Sagone on Oct. 5, 1877, and Playne 

 notes a flock of Starlings near the east coast in April 1897. 

 Parrot records one from the Campo de L'Oro on March 1 

 and two flocks on March 17, while others were met 

 with on March 21-22 between Piana and Cargese and near 

 Sagone. The specimens obtained by him pi'oved to agree 

 closely with Central European birds. 



11. Sturnus unicolor Temminck. Sardinian Starling. 

 Giglioli was the first to record this species. He did not 



meet with it himself, but it was reported as a not uncommon 



