438 llev. r. C. R. Jourdaiii on the 



notes it as '• Comune; speciulmente d' invcnio " on his own 

 and Whiteliead's autliority, although the latter appears not 

 to have met with it in winter. We came aeross a fair 

 number of liirds in various districts during May, evidently 

 breeding, but should not describe the vspecies as plentiful, 

 although it is generally to be met witli on suitable ground. 

 The only nest found was beautifully concealed under a young- 

 vine on a hillside, and contained four fresh eggs on JNIay 21. 

 Parrot received three specimens from the neighbourhood of 

 Ajaccio early in June. 



35. Anthus trivialis (L.). Tree-Pijjit. 



Occurs on migration. Wharton saw none in winter, but 

 met with several individuals on the east coast after April 10, 

 while Whitehead records a small flock migrating on April 21. 



30. Anthus pratensis (L.). Meadow-Pipit. 



A common winter visitor, but the evidence of its remain- 

 ing to breed is not quite satisfactory, though Wharton speaks 

 of it as " Common and resident.'^ Whitehead only says that 

 it is common in the winter months, but Plaync found it fairly 

 numerous in suitable spots in April. Parrot notes it as 

 tolerably frequent in small parties of from three to six birds, 

 or in pairs, near Ajaecio in January and February^ but it 

 had already become scarce in March, and he only heard the 

 note twice on JNIarch 17. We never came aeross it in May. 



37. Anthus spinoletta spixolett.v (L.). Aljjine Pi[)it. 



Mr. Crosfield saw a bird in the forest of Vizzavona at 

 al)out 5000 ft. above the sea, which must have belonged to 

 this species ('Zoologist/ 1891, p. 37-1). Sehiebcl was, 

 however, the first to record it definitely from Corsica, and 

 notes that it is not rare, and is apparently rather darker on 

 the upper surface than is usual with mid-European specimens. 

 Parrot met with this species on only one occasion, at the 

 top of the Col de Vizzavona, where small parties or pairs 

 haunted the sheltered patches among the juniper bushes on 

 March 30, at which date the country northward was 

 still under deep snow. It is probably resident in small 

 uumbeis on the hi" her mountains. 



