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13. Fossil Bird-remains collected by Dr. Forsyth Major in 

 Sardinia, Corsica, and Greece. By E. T. Newton, 

 F.R.S., F.G.S., F.Z.S. 



[Received February 8, 1921 : Read March 22, 1921.] 



In the year 1891 Mr. 11. Lydekker * gave an account of some 

 Pleistocene Bird-remains which had been collected by Dr. Forsyth 

 Major in Sardinia and Corsica. These remains were from three 

 localities — (1) Tavolara, an island on the N.E. coast of Sardinia ; 

 (2) Monte San Giovani, in the S.W. of the same island; and 

 from (3) Toga, near Bastia, Corsica. From these localities some 

 score of species were recognized more or less definitely as follows: — 



(1) Tavolara. 



Coracias cf . abyssinicus. 



Corvus corone. 



Coccothraustes vulgaris. 



Fringilla coelebs. 



Serinus hortulanus ? 



Columba cf. livia. 



Coturnix communis. 



Puffinus cf . fuliginosus. Most 



,, cf. anglorum. 'common. 



,, allied to chlororhynchus. ^ 



(2) Monte San Giovani. 



Bubo cf. cinerascens. 

 Milvus cf. ictinus. 

 - Aquila sp. 

 Vultur cf. monachus. 

 Pyrrhula europaaa. 

 Alauda arborea ? 

 Turdus musicus. 

 Hirundo rustica. 

 Puffinus cf. fuliginosus. 



(3) Toga, near Bastia. 



Turdus merula. 

 Columba cf. livia. 

 Aquila sp. 



Some years later Dr. Forsyth Major made further explorations 

 of the Pleistocene deposits in the Mediterranean islands, and 

 obtained a large number of Mammalian and other vertebrate re- 

 mains, not only from the above-named places, but also frorn several 

 new localities. Among these were many bones of birds, which 



* Proc. Zool. Soc. 1891, p. 467. 



