64 Eev. F. C. E. Jouidain on the 



91. Pkuneli.a MonuLAius MODULARis (L.). Euvopcaii 

 Hedge-Spairow. 



A common winter visitor from tlie Continent^ and ])robably 

 also resident in small nnmbers. AVliarton found it haunting^ 

 low cover on the hills to the west of the island^ but not on 

 the east side or at Corte ; while Backhouse and Parrot found 

 it common near Ajaccio in winter^ though Whitehead only 

 noticetl a few at that season. Parrot thinks it possible that 

 the shorter-winged (66 and 68"5 mm.) and darker-backed 

 specimens obtained may belong to a resident race, but 

 further evidence is required. We did not meet with the bird 

 at all in summer. 



92. Troglodytes troglodytes koenigi Schieb. Corsican 

 Wren. 



Troghthjtes trofjlodytes koenigi Schiebel, Orn. Jahrb. xxi. 

 p. 102 {1910— Corsica). 



Local names: Miwchiaiolo, Muraiolo (Giglioli). 



A common resident, especially in the mountain forests and 

 in the hill-villages, from 2000 to 3500 ft. It differs from the 

 continental form in the colder earthy brown of the upper 

 side and lacks the rusty tinge of European birds, besides 

 being more distinctly barred. A nest inside a deserted 

 cottage in the mountains contained six eggs on May 20, 

 while others were still empty, and Whitehead obtained eggs 

 on June 11, but Parrot found an almost completed nest on 

 March 22. Possibly some of the winter birds on the low 

 ground may be immigrants [cf. Orn. Jahrb. 1910, p. 215). 



93. CiNCLUs ciNCLus sAPswoRTHi Arrig. Corsican Dipper. 

 Cinclus cinclus sapswortJii Arrigoni, Atlaute ornitologico, 



p. 150 (1902— Corsica). Cf. Sapsworth, Bull. B. O. C. xi. 

 p. 12 (Oct. 1900). 



Local names : Merlo acquaiolo ; Merlo pescatore (Giglioli), 

 Resident on the mountain-streams in Corsica and Sardinia ; 

 a few being found on most of the east coast streams, while, ac- 

 cording to Giglioli, it is abundant on the Tavignano, .Restonica, 

 and Ortanear Corte. It closely resembles the Scandinavian 

 form, having the under side below the white thi'oat uniform 



