Ondtliology of Cursica. 447 



Corsicau skius. Tlie wing-measuremeut ot' the Corsicaii 

 race appears, however, to be rather less than that ot the 

 other eontinental forms. On the low ground and the brush- 

 grown hills this bird is a not uncommon resident. Whitehead 

 took two nests^ each \\ith seven eggs, on April 20 and 23; 

 and I found young in the nest on May 8 and saw a family- 

 party on the \\ing on May 23. Average size of 18 Corsican 

 eggs, 14-14X 10-77; max. 15-5x11 and 14-5x11-2; min. 

 13xl0'3. In habits and notes it closely reseuiblfs the 

 other Long-tailed Tits. 



49. Regulus regulus ixterni Hart. Sardinian GoUl- 

 crcst. 



Regulus regulus interni Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. p. 45 

 (1006 — Sardinia and Corsica). 



This race can be recognised without difficulty by the 

 greenisli tinge of the upper side and the grey superciliuni 

 and nape. It is apparently confined to the mountain-forests, 

 and is not as a rule common, though Parrot found it 

 fairly numerous in the forest of Aitone. 



50. Regulus ignicapillus mixou Parr. Corsican Fii e- 

 crcst. 



Regulus ignicapillus minor Parrot, Orn. .Jahrb. xxi. i). 15(5 

 (1910— Corsica}. 



According to Dr. Parrot, a smaller and shorter-winged 

 race, with less yellow in the greenish upper surface. It is 

 much more generally distributed than tiie Goldcrest, and is 

 found throughout the year in the low ground. Near the 

 Gulf of Ajaccio, Backhouse and Parrot descril)e it as common 

 and general. Whitehead also observed it as high as 2500 ft. 

 in the mountains. 



51. Lamus SENATOR BADius Ilartl. Corsican AVood-Chat. 

 Lanius badius Hartlaub, J. f. O. 1854, p. 100 (Gold Coastj. 

 Local names : Fierla (north), Mascuchia (south); 



Cuporosso (Giglioli). A very distinct form, which can he 

 recognised at once by the aljsence ot the white alar bar in 

 the male and its restricted dimensions in the female, as well 



