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Ornithology of Corsica. 
Local names : Pinzilione (north), Pincione (south). 
An extremely common and widely distributed resident, 
breeding in summer not only on the low ground hut also in 
the mountain forests to well over 3000 ft. at least, and 
probably higher. Corsican birds appear to belong to a fairly 
recognisable race, in which the colour of the whole upper 
side is darker, while the black on the wings is remarkably 
deep. Parrot (Orn, Jahrb. xxi. p. 137), however, states that 
he has a precisely similar specimen from W. Prussia in 
autumn! Besides the ordinary notes to which we are 
accustomed in England the Corsican bird has also a long 
drawn out, Greenfinch-like note, which I have noticed in 
Denmark and other parts of the Continent. Whitehead 
took the first eggs on May 11, but on one occasion I found 
young on May 9, though many fresh clutches, usually with 
4, sometimes 5 eggs, were found in the latter part of May. 
Average size of 13 Corsican eggs, 19*13 x 14*98 mm.; max. 
20*3 x 15*5, min. 18 x 15 and 18*5 X 14*4. 
22. Fringilla montifringilla L. Brambling. 
Local name : Pinziolo (Giglioli). Winter visitor: recorded 
by Giglioli on passage in October, and by Parrot twice from 
the Ajaccio market, as well as in small flocks on the Campo 
de L*Oro on February 7 and 15. 
23. Petronia petronia hellmayri Arrigoni. Sardinian 
Bock-Sparrow. 
Petronia petronia hellmayri Arrigoni, Avicula, vi. p. 104 
(1902—Sardinia). 
A local resident in small numbers. Wharton and Parrot 
record it from the neighbourhood of Ajaccio in December 
and March. It must also breed in this district, as Parrot 
subsequently received a specimen on May 27. Whitehead 
saw very few on the west coast, but met with one or two 
small flocks on the east side in winter and also found a few 
pairs, evidently nesting, in high mountains at the end of May. 
I saw a few near Solenzara on May 7; and on May 10, 
while inspecting a nest of the Bed Kite, Milvus milvus , was 
interested to see a number of Sparrows going in and out of 
