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to breeding iu company, and other observers, including 

 Mr. E. J. Ussber, have since commented on the same fact. 

 Similarly, theBrambling in Norway often places its nest close 

 to that of the Fieldfare, no doubt for the purpose of pro- 

 tection {cf. 'Zoologist,' 1895, p. 290). Dr. Schiebel lias 

 recently separated this race on account of its slightly 

 shorter wing and darker, more olive-grey colouring. 



77. TuRDUs PHiLOMELosPHiLOjiELOs Brehm. Continental 

 Song-Thrush. 



Local names : Turdo, Tordolo. A winter visitor iu con- 

 siderable numbers. Wharton observed none after March, 

 but Whitehead notes the last seen on April 1.2, and Parrot 

 saw the last flock on March 15. He also heard single males 

 in song in February and early March. 



78. TuRDUs Musicus L. [T. iliacus auct.]. Redwing. 

 Wharton saw two and shot one on February 6 : another 



-was found in the Ajaccio market, where Parrot also observed 

 it on three occasions in January and February. 



79. TuRDUs TORQUATus L. Ring Ousel. 



One settled within ten yards of Whitehead during the 

 great storm o£ March 12, 1883, but whether it belonged to 

 the Scandinavian or Central European form is uncertain. 



80. TuRDUs MERULA MERULA L. Blackbird. 



Local name : Merlo. Very large numbers visit the island 

 from the Continent during the winter montlis and are shot 

 and snared for the market in great quantities. These winter 

 visitors leave in March, but a fair number of birds arc 

 resident in the island, breeding in the low ground and in the 

 hills up to 3000 ft. or so, where the country is not too thickly 

 forested. Wharton found no eggs till mid-April, and Jesse 

 records nests on the 15th and 17th of that month, but pro- 

 bably more than one brood is reared. 



81. MONTICOLA SOLITARIUS SOLITARIUS (L.). Blue Rock- 



Thrush. 



Local name : Merla petrajola. A fairly common and gene- 

 rally distributed resident in all rocky ground, from the islets 



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