72 Kev. F. C. R. Jourdain on the 



note occasionally at night. Parrot obtained three specimens 

 near Ajaccio in February and March, and gives a minute 

 description of the differences in plumage. A male from 

 Corsica was even whiter than Sardinian birds. 



113. Falco peregrixus brookit Sharpe. Mediterranean 

 Peregrine. 



Falco brookei Sharpe, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. xi. pp. 20, 

 222 (1873— Sardinia). 



Local name : Falco. A few pairs of Peregrines breed on 

 ledges of the precipitous rocks along the coast-line, and one 

 or two pairs may also be met with among the mountains 

 inland. Giglioli includes \ioi\\ F. peregrinus Vim\ F. punicus 

 in liis list, and ascribes the birds from the interior to the 

 former race, but as he did not obtain specimens and 

 Wharton's record almost certainly refers to the Mediterranean 

 iorm, F. peref/rinus perer/rinus may be deleted from the list 

 pending further evidence. Eyries also exist on the islets in 

 the Straits of Bonifacio, as Avell as on Elba, Monte Christo, 

 &c. "VMiitehead found a nest with three nearly-fledged, 

 young on May 14, 1883. In 1884 a different site con- 

 tained young about a week old on April IG, so that the 

 eggs must have been laid early in jNIarch. A skin from 

 Corsica in the Tring Museum, dated October 15, has all the 

 characteristics of the Mediterranean race : wing 11|-12 in. 



114. Falco subbuteo L. Hobby. 

 Giglioli saw one near Corte on October 7. 



115. Falco eleonor.e Gene. Eleonoran Falcon. 

 Whitehead saw a pair of large dark-coloured Hawks 



several times, hovering about the sea-coast, from April 15 

 onwards, but was unable to shoot them. Martorelli states 

 that this species is found in Corsica. Well-knoAvn colonies 

 exist on Toro and Yacca, off the coast of Sardinia. 



116. Falco regulus Pall. Merlin. 



Giglioli records this species as seen in September and 

 October in the neighbourhood of Bonifacio. Backhouse 

 also saw a Hawk, apparently of this species, at Bocognano 

 in winter. 



