438 
Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain on the 
notes it as “ Comune, specialmente d’inverno” on liis own 
and Whitehead’s authority, although the latter appears not 
to have met with it in winter. We came across a fair 
number of birds in various districts during May, evidently 
breeding, but should not describe the species as plentiful, 
although it is generally to be met with on suitable ground. 
The only nest found was beautifully concealed under a young 
vine on a hillside, and contained four fresh eggs on May 21. 
Parrot received three specimens from the neighbourhood of 
Ajaccio early in June. 
35. Anthus trivialis (L.). Tree-Pipit. 
Occurs on migration. Wharton saw none in winter, but 
met with several individuals on the east coast after April 10, 
while Whitehead records a small flock migrating on April 21. 
36. Anthus pratensis (L.). Meadow-Pipit. 
A common winter visitor, but the evidence of its remain¬ 
ing to breed is not quite satisfactory, though Wharton speaks 
of it as “ Common and resident.” Whitehead only says that 
it is common in the winter months, but Playne found it fairly 
numerous in suitable spots in April. Parrot notes it as 
tolerably frequent in small parties of from three to six birds, 
or in pairs, near Ajaccio in January and February, but it 
had already become scarce in March, and he only heard the 
note twice on March 17. We never came across it in May. 
37. Anthus spinoletta spinoletta (L.). Alpine Pipit. 
Mr. Crosfield saw a bird in the forest of Vizzavona at 
about 5000 ft. above the sea, which must have belonged to 
this species (‘ Zoologist/ 1891, p. 374). Schiebel was, 
however, the first to record it definitely from Corsica, and 
notes that it is not rare, and is apparently rather darker on 
the upper surface than is usual with mid-European specimens. 
Parrot met with this species on only one occasion, at the 
top of the Col de Vizzavona, where small parties or pairs 
haunted the sheltered patches among the juniper bushes on 
March 30, at which date the country northward was 
still under deep snow. It is probably resident in small 
numbers on the higher mountains. 
