318 Rev. F. C. R. Jourdaiu on the 



head), and once from the Campo de I'Oro {Backhouse). 

 Giglioli met with it in October. 



172. CoLUMBA PALUMBUs L. Ring-Dovc. 



Local names : Colombo coUado (Giglioli) ; Culumba collata. 



Resident in the mountain forests, but not in great 

 numbers ; very plentiful in winter on the low ground, so 

 probably many are winter visitors from the Continent. 

 Parrot records large numbers in the Ajaccio market (thirty 

 to forty on January 8), and was inclined to think them 

 darker than continental birds. He met with a few in the 

 chestnut woods, but those which were found breeding by 

 Whitehead, Playne, and ourselves were in the pine-forests 

 from about 2500 ft. upwards. 



173. CoLUMBA CENAS L. Stoclc-Dovc. 



One was picked up by Giglioli near Ajaccio, partly devoured 

 by a Falcon, on October 5, 1877. Parrot records two in the 

 Ajaccio market on January 17 and one on February 2. 



174. CoLUMBA LiviA Gm. Rock-Dove. 



Local names : Colombo petraiolo (Giglioli) ; Columba 

 petrajola. 



A common, but rather local resident, breeding not only on 

 the islands and in caves by the sea, but also in precipitous 

 rocks among the mountains inland, and in ruined towers. 

 We found fresh eggs on May 14, and Whitehead on May 18. 

 When disturbed from the nest the sitting bird will often 

 squeeze her way out through an alternative exit, a few feet 

 away from the usual entrance. A male bird obtained by 

 Parrot was remarkably small, having a wing-measurement 

 of only 204 mm., tail 128 mm., and was lighter in colouring 

 than Balkan specimens. 



175. Streptopelia TURTUR (L.). Turtle-Dove. 

 Local names : Coiombi (Giglioli) ; Turturella. 



A very common summer visitor to all the lower ground, 

 but not ascending to any height in the mountains. Whitehead 

 noted its first arrival on April 16, 1883, and April 22, 1884, 

 and Wharton on April 27. Eggs may be met with from 



