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Ornithology of Corsica. 
Corsican skins. The wing-measurement of the Corsican 
race appears, however, to be rather less than that of the 
other continental forms. On the low ground and the brush- 
grown hills this bird is a not uncommon resident. Whitehead 
took two nests, each with seven eggs, on April 20 and 23; 
and I found young in the nest on May 8 and saw a family- 
party on the wing on May 23. Average size of 18 Corsican 
eggs, 14*14 x 10*77; max. 15*5x11 and 14*5x11*2, min. 
13 x 10*3. In habits and notes it closely resembles the 
other Long-tailed Tits. 
49. Regulus regulus interni Hart. Sardinian Gold- 
crest. 
Regulus regulus interni Hartert, Bull. B. O. C. xvi. p. 45 
(1906—Sardinia and Corsica). 
This race can be recognised without difficulty by the 
greenish tinge of the upper side and the grey superciliutn 
and nape. It is apparently confined to the mountain-forests, 
and is not as a rule common, though Parrot found it 
fairly numerous in the forest of Aitone. 
50. Regulus ignicapillus minor Parr. Corsican File- 
crest. 
Regulus ignicapillus minor Parrot, Orn. Jahrh. xxi. p. 156 
(1910—Corsica). 
According to Dr. Parrot, a smaller and shorter-winged 
race, with less yellow in the greenish upper surface. It is 
much more generally distributed than the Goldcrest, and is 
found throughout the year in the low ground. Near the 
Gulf of Ajaccio, Backhouse and Parrot describe it as common 
and general. Whitehead also observed it as high as 2500 ft. 
in the mountains. 
51. Lanius senator badius Hartl. Corsican Wood-Chat. 
Lanius badius Hartlaub, J. f. O. 1854, p. 100 (Gold Coast). 
Local names : Fieri a (north), Mascuchia (south); 
Caporosso (Giglioli). A very distinct form, which can be 
recognised at once by the absence of the white alar bar in 
the male and its restricted dimensions in the female, as well 
