Oti the Omif/ioloi/i/ of Corsica. 437 



it liawks backwards and forwards over the same stretch of 

 ground ; in Gorongoza it seemed very partial to the native 

 lands, where it just flew clear of the heads of the standing 

 grain. After several turns the birds frequently settled on the 

 topmost and outstanding branches of dead trees, where they 

 could be easily approached ; they shewed no fear even when a 

 shot was fired near them. The call and flight of this species 

 resemble those o( H. holomelcena, but it is not nearly so silent. 

 The soft parts are : — 1 1 ides dark brown ; bill black ; legs 

 and toes dark brown.] 



381. I'lTTA i,o\oipi:nnis. 



P. Tambarara, lAIch. (1). 



[The sj^ecimen secured is the only one that I have seen. 

 It was accidentally caught in a springe set for Petrodromus 

 tetradactylus in the Goi'ongoza forests. On enquiring from 

 the natives, they said the bird was plentiful, but although I 

 was continually on the look-out I did not see it, and could 

 not learn the call, if it had any. ]\Iy boys further told me 

 that it was not essentially a ground-bird, but was equally at 

 home among the branches, but, of course, I could not verify 

 this. 



The soft parts are : — Irides dark brown ; bill blackish 

 brown, lighter at tip and middle of lower mandible ; legs and 

 toes fleshy white.] 



[To be continued.] 



XVI. — Notes on the Ornithology of Corsica. — Part II. 

 l]y the Rev. Francls C. E. Jourdain, M.A., M.B.O.U. 



[Continued from p. 208.] 

 (Text-figures 11 & 12.) 



34. Anthus campestris L. Tawny Pipit. 



A summer visitor, breeding in fair numbers on the barren 

 hilL-ides, and probably also locally in the low ground. 

 Whitehead found it plentiful after the end of April, and 

 breeding, but failed to obtain any nests. Giglioli, however, 



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