456 Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain on the 



in tlie Straits of Bonifacio to the mountains in tlie interior 

 of the island. It is generally to be met with in pairs, and 

 the male often sings while flying up in the air and descending 

 again. Whitehead says that in severe weather the birds often 

 come into the towns. He also found a nest with four young 

 a few days old on May \A', while we found fledged young on 

 iNIay 22. [Although Monticola saxatilis, the Rock-Thrush, 

 !ias not yet been recorded from Corsica, I think that it may 

 prove to occur thei'c, as a forester gave me a very accurate 

 description of the bird and stated tl.iat a few individuals were 

 resident in the mountains.] 



82. Saxicola (enanthe cenanthe (L.). Common Euro- 

 ])ean Wheat ear. 



A fairly common visitor on migration, some few pairs 

 probably remaining to breed. In 1883 Whitehead recorded 

 the first arrival on jNIarch 2i, and in the following year on 

 i\[arch 30 ; but at Corte, Wharton did not observe it till 

 April 8. Parrot shot a male on the Isles Sanguinaires on 

 March 28, and saw a female on the following day. Whitehead 

 mentions having found a pair high up in the mountains on 

 JNIay 12, which were probably breeding, and I saw a male on 

 a promontory on the east coast on iNIay 1 1, which may have 

 had a mate incubating close at hantl. The only specimen 

 obtained by Parrot has a wing-measurement of 91 5 mm. 



83. PiiATiNcoLA iiUBETRA (L.). Whiucliat. 



A visitor on migration, staying only a few days according 

 to Whitehead, who records the first arrival in 1883 on April 

 15 ai\d in 188i on April 20. Wharton first noted it at 

 Biguglia on April 17, and Playne saw one near Corte on 

 the 20th. 



84. Pratincola torquatus iNsuLARis Parr. Corsican 

 Stonechat. 



Pratincola torquata insularis Parrot, Orn. INIonatsber. 

 xviii. p. 155 (1910— Corsica). 



Local names : J" Prete, ? Nonna (Giglioli). Separated 

 by Dr. Parrot on account of its somewhat smaller size, the 

 deeper black of the upper surface, the duller and less rusty 



