4^3 Rev. F. C. R. Jourdaiu on the 



widely (Ustributed. Clutelies of from six to eiglit e,2gs iu:iy 

 be found from May 11 to 28, according to elevation. 

 Average size of 23 eggs, 15'18xir88 mm. ; max. 10x12 

 and 15-2 X 12-3, min. 14-3 x ]2'3 and 15 x 11- J, 



47. Parus ateh SAiiDUs Kleinselim. Corsican Coal-Tit. 

 Parus sardits Kleinscbmidt, Orn. INIonatsber. xi. p. 180 



(1903— Sardinia). 



Tbe material at present available seems insufficient to 

 decide tbe status of tbe Corsican Coal-Tit. Wbarton, 

 Wbitcbcad, Playne, Backbouse, and I only met witb it in tbe 

 mountain forests and saw none on tbe low ground. Parrot, 

 bowever, found it not rare near tbe Gulf of Aj;;ccio in 

 January and February, and tbe s])eeimens obtained by bim 

 appear to be smaller and sborter-winged tban typical P. ate?' 

 and apparently belong to tbe form P. afer sarcitis. Two 

 specimens from Yizz:ivona and Ai'tonc are, bowever, longer- 

 winged, and, as aheady jjointed out by Hartcrt (Vog. pal. 

 F^auna, i. p. 358), tbe Corsican mountain birds appear to 

 belong to anotber race. A nest found by mc among tbe 

 roots of a pine contained six mucb incubated eggs on May 27 : 

 otber pairs were building in stumps at over 3000 ft. alt. 0!i 

 ]\Iay 13 and 26. Average size of six eggs, 15"5 x 12'5 mm. ; 

 max. 15-9 x 120, min. 15-3 x 12 6 and 15 4 x 12-3. 



48. yEaiTHALUs CAUDATus TYRRHENicus Parr. Corsican 

 Long-tailed Tit. 



^githalus caudatus lyrrlienicns Parrot, Orn. Jabrb. x.\i. 

 p. 155 (1910— Corsica). 



Wbetber tbe Corsican Long-tailed Tit is really entitled 

 to separation from jE. caudatus irbii is still a somewbat 

 open question, for Dr. Parrot and Dr. Scbiebel bad only 

 Italian specimens for comparison, and, as I bave pointed out 

 already "^j tbe Italian form, yE. caudatus itali(P, is easily 

 distinguisbable from tbe Spanisb race. Tbe differences 

 between Corsican and Spanisb birds are not nearly so 

 a]tparent, but I lun'c only been able to examine a i^cw 



* I'.un. 1?. 0. C. xxvii. p. 39. 



