450 l^ev. F. C. \\. Jourdain on the 



tlie imnil)ers rapidly diiniuislied, and Wliartoii observes that 

 it is far less common in April, while Whitehead saw none in 

 spring, and all had disappeared before the beginning of jNIay, 

 when I was on the island. There is no evidence of its 

 breeding in Corsica. 



57. PiiYLLOscopus TROCHILUS (Li.)' Willo w-Warblcr. 

 This species apparently occurs only on migration. Wharton 



found it fairly common after the beginning of April, but saw 

 none in winter; WTiitehead saw numbers on March 24, and 

 Playne saw^ one at Corte and a few at Ajaccio in April. Parrot 

 obtained one bird from the south-west coast on March 28 

 (wing 70 mm.). 



58. Phylloscopus siuilatkix (Hechst.). AVood-Warblei*. 

 The W^ood- Warbler also occurs on migration, Ijut apparently 



a })air or two occasionally remain to breed. Wharton saw 

 several after April 10 ; Playne met with a few among the 

 olives at Ajaccio in April, and on May 10 I found a pair 

 ^^hieh had evidently settled down to breed in a swampy wood 

 near the coast, but I was unable to find the nest. 



59. Cettia ciltti (Marm.). Cetti's Warbler. 



A common resident in the wooded swamps and among 

 the thickets by the slow-flowing streams of the eastern plains 

 from Bastia to Bonifacio, and in the Campo de I'Oro, but 

 always in the neighbourhood of water. In spite of its 

 extraordinarily skulking and secretive habits its presence is 

 readily recognised by the occasional loud bursts of song 

 with which it grcx'ts the passer-by. Playne found a nest 

 among dead l)ram))les, about 3 feet from the ground, nearly 

 ready for eggs, on April 15, and we saw young l)irds on the 

 wing at the end of May. 



GO. LusciNioLA MELANOPOGON (Tcmm.). JMoustachcd 

 Warbler. 



Wharton shot an examj)le in the Campo de I'Oro on 

 January 4, and another near the same spot on the 7tli. 

 Whitehead saw a bird which ap[)arently belonged to this 

 species on November 17, but failed to secure it. 



