45-1 Rev. F. C. R. Jourdaia on tht 



shorter-^yillge(l than Sardinian^but the supposed differences in 

 colour prove to be due to seasonal changes. This is a common 

 resident in the maccliia, not only on the coast and islets but 

 also on the brush-covered mountain-slopes inland. Like the 

 Subalpinc Warbler it frequently utters its song on the vcing, 

 dropping immediately af'tcrAvards into the scrub. Lilford 

 found it breeding on the islets in the Straits of Bonifacio, 

 between INIaddalena and Caprera, and obtained two neats with 

 incubated eggs on May 15, ^yhile fledged young Avere seen on 

 May 17. Whitehead took a nest with four eggs (incubated) 

 on April 24, low down in a cistus bush, and I found one 

 with four slightly incubated eggs on May 10. Average size 

 of four Corsican eggs, 16'85 x 13'12 mm. ; max. 17 x 13'1, 

 min. 16"7xl3"l and 17x13. The nest is well and com- 

 pactly built, but is hai'd to find, and the birds are difficult 

 to get at on account of their skulking habits. 



74. CisTicoL.v cisTicoLA (Tcuim.). Fantail Warbler. 

 Wharton found this species numerous at Biguglia, but 



nowhere else, while W^iitehead and Giglioli describe it as a 

 common resident in the swamps. 



75. TuRDUs PILARIS L. Fieldfare. 



AVliitehead records a '(c^ seen in stormy weather from 

 March 12 to 16, 1883. 



1^. TuRDUs viscivoRUs REisERi Schicb. Corsican Mistle 

 Thrush. 



Turdus visctvorus j'eiseri, Schiebel, Orn. !Monatsber. xix. 

 p. 85 (1911 — Corsica and Sardinia). 



Local names : TurdeJa ; Trizz'ine (Giglioli) . Not common, 

 but resident and breeding in the pine-forests at 2500 ft. and 

 upwards. Parrot met with it in the forests of Vizzavona and 

 Aitone. During the winter months it also occurs on the low 

 ground, and Backhouse found it common near Ajaccio in the 

 hard winter of 1890-91. In 1909 R. H. Read and I found 

 a very young bird, scarcely able to fly, on May 19, and on 

 May 27 took a nest, with four beautiful eggs with bright blue 

 ground-colour, from the trailing branches of a riniis laricio. 

 In tlie same tree Avas a Chaffinch's nest with fresh eggs. As far 

 back as 18G5 Yian noticed that these two birds were addicted 



