Oniit/iolof/i/ of Corsica. 443 



The eggs vary somewhat^ some clutcJies licing more Iieavily 

 marked than others, but, as a rule, tliey are handsomely 

 spotted and blotched "with rich red-brown at Ihe big end. 

 Average size of forty-two eggs (11- ccdlteted by Whitehead 

 and 28 by the writer), 17-18 x 121)(3 mm. ; max. lS-5 x 13-3 

 and 18x13*5, min. ]Gxl2-5 and lG*5xl2'l. Average 

 weight of 17 eggs, 82'2 nig. 



Tlie text-figures (pp. 444, 445) will give some idea of tlie 

 usual breeding-places of this species. Text-fig. 11 (drawn 

 from a photograi)h taken by Mr. R. IT. Reaii) represents 

 the ascent of a dead pine which contained a nest in an old 

 Woodpecker's hole, about 40 ft. from the ground. Tcxt- 

 lig. 12 illustrates a nest-hole picked out in a pine by the 

 Nnthatchs, which was only about 18 ft. up; the pine was 

 Imdly cracked a foot or two above the nest. 



45. Parus major corsus Kleinsehra. Corsican Gi'cat Tit. 

 Pants corsus Kleinschmidt, Ornith. ]Monatsber. xi. p. (J 



(1903— Corsica). 



Local name : Capinera. Differs from the ordinary con- 

 tinental form in its slightly smaller size and shorter win^i- 

 measurement, while the white spot on the inner web oE the 

 outer tail-feathers is much smaller and sometimes almost 

 absent. An extremely common and widely distributed 

 resident, breeding in the holes of the cork-oaks on the low 

 ground and also in fair numbers in the mountain forests. 

 The eggs, seven to nine in number, may be found in the latter 

 half of May. Average size of 48 eggs, 17-98 x 13-72 mm. ; 

 max. 19-3 x 132 and 17-3x 14*5, min. 17 x 13*3 and 17-2 x 

 13-2. >?ome clutches are very boldly marked. 



46. Parus c^eruleus ogltastr/e Hart. Corsican Blue Tit. 

 Parus cceru/cus o[/liastr<c Ilartert, V()gel pal. Fauna, i. 



p. 319 (1905— Sardinia and Corsica). 



Local name : Sturzapridi (Giglioli). A darker race than 

 tiie ordinary continental form, in this respect closely re- 

 sembling the British Blue Tit, and shorter winged than 

 P. caruhus caruleus. Though a common resident, it is 

 not nearly so plentilul as /'. major ccrsvs, bnt is equally 



