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38. Antiius spixolktta oni^cuuus (Lath.). Ilock-Pipit. 

 Wliiteliead records one specimen sliot from a small flock 



feeding- in a marsh on March 25. Parrot also noted either an 

 Alpine or Rock Pipit on the Isles Sanguinaires on March 28, 

 and mentions having seen another aj)parently similar bird 

 on the Punta della Parata in February. Although Alpine 

 Pipits might well descend to the coast in February, we should 

 expect to find them at higher h'vels in Corsica by the end of 

 March. 



39. jNIotacilla flava flava L. Blue-headed Wagtail. 

 Occurs on passage in A})ril. Wharton s^aw several in 



April, and Whitehead noted a good many on passage from 

 April 22 to May 1. There is no evidence of this species 

 remaining to breed. 



40. JNIotacilla flava cinereocapilla Savi. Grey-headed 

 Wagtail. 



Wharton records a few at Biguglia in April, together 

 with the preceding form, and Whitehead met with a large 

 party on migration on Ajn'il 16. 



41. jNIotacilla boarula boarula L. Grey Wagtail. 

 Local name : Ciditrcmola (Giglioli), generic. Resident 



in scattered pairs on most of the rapid mountain-streams, and 

 descending during Avinter to the sea-coast when the weather 

 is severe, although Major Trevelyan saw Wagtails at Yizza- 

 vona in February, with twenty inches of snow on the ground. 

 Wharton found two nests conspicuously placed on the face 

 of bare rocks overhanging streams. One of these had 

 six eggs on April 21, Avhile the other contained nearly 

 fledged young on April 26. 



42. JNIotacilla alba alba L. White Wagtail. 



Local name : CuUtremola (Gigliolij, generic. A common 

 winter visitor, arriving in autumn and remaining till JNIarch. 

 Playne, however, notes that ''very few'^ were seen by him 

 between April 10 and 21, while crossing the island. 



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