452 Rev. F. C. 11. Jourchiiu on the 



May 17. Three specimens procured during the winter near 

 Ajaccio are ascribed by Parrot to S. atricapilla atricapiUa 



0)7 . Sylvia communis Lath. Whitethroat. 



A scarce visitor on passage ; two seen at Bigugliain April 

 by Wharton and a few by Wliitehead al)out April 20. 

 Probably a few pairs stay to nest in the mountains, as White- 

 liead mentions having seen some there after mid-]May. 



G8. Sylvia curruca (L.). I^esscr Whitethroat. 



Whitehead describes this s})ecies as a fairly common 

 resident, and took a nest with four fresii eggs on April I'J. 

 Not recorded by other observers. 



G9. Sylvia melanocephala melaxockphala (Gm.). 

 Sardinian Warbler. 



This is the most generally distributed and commonest 

 Warbler in Corsica during the breeding-season, wlien it may 

 be met with not only by the coast, but also on the scrub- 

 covered mountain-^ides, according to Bardchouse even up to 

 4000 ft. It is resident on the island, and Parrot has heard 

 the song of the male as early as January 30. The nest is 

 well and solidly built, sometimes quite close to the ground, 

 but generall}' in thick busli and well sheltered from the 

 wind. The breeding-season must begin early, and more than 

 one brood is reared during the summer, for I found a nest 

 with young on May 12, and others with fresh eggs on the 10th, 

 21st, and 29th of that month ; while Whitehead took incu- 

 bated eggs on May 15. There is considerable variety of colora- 

 tion, ])ut the erythristic type of egg, not uncommon in Spain, 

 was not met with. One nest contained a Cuckoo's egg. 



70. Sylvia cantillans cantill.\ns (PalL) [S. siihalpina 

 auct.]. Western Subalpine Warbler. 



Local name : Scrizola. A common summer visitor to the 

 '' macchia," arriving, according to Whitehead, about mid- 

 April, while Giglioli records a s])ecimcn from Corte in 

 October. The male may frequently be seen littering his 

 song while indulging in a sliort upward flight and rapid 

 descent into the scrub. The nest is much slighter and 



