198 Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain on the 
It is rather a smaller bird than the ordinary continental race, 
with only a slight reddish tinge on the grey back. The eggs 
are 5 or 6 in number and may be found during the first half 
of May, usually from about the 7th to the 16th. Average 
size of 43 Corsican eggs, 3F25 x 23*2 mm.; max. 34*5 x 23*5 
and 31x24*4, min. 28*5x22*8 and 30x21*7. They vary 
a good deal in type of colouring as well as in size. Like the 
other Jays, the hen is a very close sitter and an excellent 
mimic, imitating the mew of the Buzzard to perfection. 
8. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (L.). Chough. 
Whitehead mentions having seen five on Jan. 29, and 
met with them again at the same place on March 16. No 
other records. 
9. Pyrrhocorax graculus (L.). Alpine Chough. 
Whitehead saw several large flocks, but was not able to 
identify them till March 16, 1884. He was informed by 
the natives that they stay to breed, but considered this 
doubtful. Giglioli records this species as seen in the Valle 
della Restonica on Oct. 5, 1889. 
10. Sturnus vulgaris L. Starling. 
Local name : Stornello (North Corsica). A winter visitor, 
chiefly seen on the autumn and spring passage. Wharton only 
noticed it from February to April, but Whitehead observed 
small flocks in winter and, curiously enough, saw none after 
the end of February. Backhouse saw only one bird in the 
Ajaccio market during December and January ; but Giglioli 
records great parties near Sagone on Oct. 5, 1877, and Playne 
notes a flock of Starlings near the east coast in April 1897. 
Parrot records one from the Campo de L’Oro on March 1 
and two flocks on March 17, while others were met 
with on March 21-22 between Piana and Cargese and near 
Sagone. The specimens obtained by him proved to agree 
closely with Central European birds. 
11. Sturnus unicolor Temminck. Sardinian Starling. 
Giglioli was the first to record this species. He did not 
meet with it himself, but it was reported as a not uncommon 
