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bird breeding not only in the cork woods in tlie Plage, but 

 also in the pine forests at 3000 ft., but its skulking habits 

 render it inconspicuous. The eggs are laid during the latter 

 of May (].). 



14. Greenfinch, CAZom- cliloris chloris (L.). A common resident. 

 Corsican birds differ little from the ordinary continental 

 form and are noticeabl}' distinct from Spanish specimens, 

 C. c. auranUiventris. 



15. Sardinian Goldfinch.. Carduelis carduelis tschusii Arrig. 

 [Avicula, 1902, p. 104]. C>ne of the commonest birds on all 

 the low ground. It probably rears two or three broods in a 



■ season, as nests may be found throughout April and May and 

 even in June in the olives and cork trees, especially near 

 the towns. 



16. Siskm, Carduelis spinus (L.). Only in winter of 1884: birds 

 remained till late in March (J. W.). 



17. Linnet, C. cannahina mediterranea (Tsch.). Only a few are 

 resident: a pair found building in a high valley on Mar. 17 

 (J. W.) : and I have seen some on the islets off the coast late 

 in May (J.). In winter however it becomes much commoner, 

 especially on the E. side. (These birds may belong to the 

 ordinary continental form.) 



18. Corsican Citril Finch, C. citrinella corsicana (Koen.) [Orn. 

 Monatsber. 1899, p. 120]. A common resident, coming down 

 to the 'plage' and into the towns in winter and retiring to the 

 hills in spring to nest. It is found in fair numbers on the hills 

 on the E. coast, but is far more abundant in the mountain 

 valleys of the interior. Whitehead gives a good description 

 of the nest, wdiich is often placed in an arbutus, and rather 

 roughly constructed. Eggs from about April 12 to end of 

 May, according to elevation (J. W.). 



19. Serin, Serinus canarius serinus (L-)- Another plentiful and 

 characteristic species in the low ground, haunting the villages 

 like the Goldfinch, but also breeding in small numbers in the 

 tall heath which grows in the pine forests, at over 3000 ft. 

 In the plage however it usually nests in the olives or cork 

 trees, but the nest is hard to find as a rule. 



20. Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra curvirostra L. Fairly common in 

 pine forests : a few^ families on the wing together in May, 

 but none in bright red plumage ont of several shot (J. W.). 

 A flock which I met with in pine forest on May 27, consisted 

 entirely of birds in yellowish green plumage. Two red birds 

 from Vizzavona in Tring Museum (J.). 



21. Chaffinch, FringiUa coelehs tyrrhenica Schieb. [Orn. Jahrb. 

 1 910, p. 102]. A common resident and generally distributed, 

 breeding both in the mountain forests and in the plain. 



