OrnUholoyy of Corsica. 457 



edges to tlio fcatlicrs, and the more intense colouring of tlie 

 under side and head, when compared witli tlie continental 

 race. It is exceedingly common on the west side of the 

 island, but much less plentiful on the east side, and is resident, 

 ranging in summer to the mountain valleys in the interior, 

 and descending in winter to the plage. Whitehead records 

 fully fledged young on June 16, but I saw young on the wing 

 on May 19, and Parrot received one shot on May 25. 



85. Phcenicurus phcenicurus (L.), Redstart. 



Local name : Nuaggiolo (Giglioli). Occurs only on 

 j.assage in small numbers : several were seen after Api-il 10 

 by AVharton. Whitehead saw very few, all between March 24 

 and April 19 ; Playne noted a few in Apiil and Parrot 

 obtained a male on April 10. 



86. Phcenicurus ochrurus gibraltakiensis (Gm.). 

 Black Redstart. 



Not known at present except as a winter visitor. White- 

 head is the oulj observer who describes it as common at that 

 season : in the Ajaccio district Wharton, ]3ackhouse, and 

 Parrot all regard it as far from common. Parrot's latest \ 

 record is dated March 13, but Wliitehead observed it as late 

 as March 28. There is no evidence of its breeding 



87. LuscixiA MEGARUvxcuA coRSA Pan*. Corsicau Ni<-ht- 

 ingale. 



Luscinia meyarliyncha corsa Parrot, Orn. ]\Ionatsber. xviii. 

 p. 155 (1910 — Corsica). 



Local name : Rusignolo. Dr. Parrot distinguishes the 

 Corsican breeding birds on account of their somewhat shorter 

 wings, the darker brown of the npper surface, especially on 

 the head and back, and the colder, more greyish-brown tinge 

 on the throat and edges of the primaric s. To the low ground 

 and foothills this bird is a very common summer visitor, but it 

 does not ascend to any height in the mountains. Whitehead 

 notes the dates of first arrivals in 1883 and 1881 as April 19 

 and April 7. Wharton's statement in ' The Ibis,' 1870, p. 21, 

 that it was noticed on " March" 16, is a .-lip of the pen for 



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