39 [Vol. xxvii. 



but the rest o£ the underparts were rather thinly clad 

 with loose and worn feathers, whicli dropped out when the 

 specimen was handled. 



The Rev. F. C. E,. Jourdain exhibited two specimens of 

 Long-tailed Titmice {ySgithalus caudatus, Linn.), one from 

 Italy and the other from Corsica, and made the following 

 remarks : — ''While working at Corsican birds my attention 

 was drawn to some remarks by Dr. Schiebel on the differ- 

 ences between the Long-tailed Titmice of Corsica and Italy. 

 On comparing the series in the British Museum from Spain, 

 Italy, and Corsica, it was at once evident that they could 

 not be ascribed to the same race, as has been done hitherto. 

 Irby's Titmouse, ^:£'. caudatus irhii, Sharpe & Dresser, was 

 originally described from the Gibraltar district. The Italian 

 bird is distinguishable at once by the pale vinous shoulder- 

 feathers, which, though less noticeable than in the British 

 form, are still well marked. From the British race the 

 Italian bird differs also in having a lighter and more slate- 

 coloured (instead of blackish) back, while the white median 

 stripe on the head is also, as a rule, much narrower. In the 

 Spanish form the vinous siioulder-feathers are entirely, or 

 almost entirely, absent. The Corsican bird at first sight 

 appears to resemble the Spanish form more closely than the 

 Italian. The vinous shoulder-feathers are almost absent ; 

 the back is dark slate-colour; the white edges to the second- 

 aries are very narrow, as is also the median stripe on the head. 

 The material available is, however, at present insufficient 

 to warrant the separation of the Corsican race, although 

 it will probably prove to be an insular form, not unlike 

 yE. caudatus irbii *. The Italian race I propose to name 



^GITHALUS CAUDATUS ITALIC, Subsp. U. 



Type in the Tring Museum. cJ . No. 1190. Cremona, 

 Italy, ix. 07. 



* Since this was written, Dr. C. Parrot [c/". Orn. Jakrb. xxi. p. 155 

 (1910)] has separated the Corsican Long-tailed Titmouse under the name 

 of ^. c. tyrrhenicus, but only after comparison with Talian birds, which 

 are not JE. c. irbii. 



