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according to Whitehead. Wharton only noticed two at 

 Biguglia in April, and we were surprised to find it absent 

 from the lagoons visited by us in May. 



221. FULICA ATRA L. Coot. 



Local name ; Folaga. 



A Avinter visitor in varying numbers to the east coast 

 lagoons according to Wliarton and Whitehead, many re- 

 maining to breed. Whitehead says that in 1884 he only 

 counted sixteen where there were hundreds in 1883. 



225. Phasianus colchicus colchicus L. Pheasant. 

 Local names : Fascianu, Faggianu (Giglioli). 



This species is said to have been introduced by the 

 Romans, and to have been a fairly common resident formerly, 

 but on account of continual shooting at all times of the year 

 it is now confined to a few districts on the east side of the 

 island, much overgrown with thick macchia. Jesse saw one 

 recently shot at Aleria ; Whitehead says that it is confined 

 to theplain of Fiumorbo, where only two were shot in two 

 months, and Giglioli describes it as still tolerably common 

 near Gliisonaccia, where many are said to have been taken 

 in the winter of 1888-89, and where, according to the natives, 

 it is still to be met with. 



226. CoTURNix coTURNix (L.) . Quail. 

 Local name : Quaglia. 



A common breeding species on all the low ground on the 

 east side of the island. Some stay through the winter, but 

 may, of course, be winter visitors from the Continent. 

 Major Trevelyan and Dr. Parrot noticed specimens in the 

 Ajaccio market in January and February, and Whitehead 

 says that a good many are resident on the east coast. 

 Whitehead records the first eggs on May 8, and we found 

 full clutches on May 14 and 23. 



227. Caccabis rufa cohsa Parrot. Corsican Red-leo-ffed 

 Partridge. 



Caccabis rufa corsa Parrot, Ornitholog. Monatsberichte, 

 xviii. p. 1,56 (1910 — Corsica). 

 Local name : Pernice. 

 Parrot describes this race as resembling the Spanish forui^ 



