450 
Eev. F. C. 11. Jourdain on the 
the numbers rapidly diminished, and Wharton observes that 
it is far less common in April, while Whitehead saw none in 
spring, and all had disappeared before the beginning of May, 
when I was on the island. There is no evidence of its 
breeding in Corsica. 
57. Phylloscopus trochilus (L.). Willow-Warbler. 
This species apparently occurs only on migration. Wharton 
found it fairly common after the beginning of April, but saw 
none in winter; Whitehead saw numbers on March 24, and 
Playne saw one at Corte and a few at Ajaccio in April. Parrot 
obtained one bird from the south-west coast on March 28 
(wing 70 mm.). 
58. Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Beclist.). Wood-Warbler. 
The Wood-Warbler also occurs on migration,but apparently 
a pair or two occasionally remain to breed. Wharton saw 
several after April 10 ; Playne met with a few among the 
olives at Ajaccio in April, and on May 10 I found a pair 
which had evidently settled down to breed in a swampy wood 
near the coast, but I was unable to find the nest. 
59. Cettia cetti (Marm.). CettPs Warbler. 
A common resident in the wooded swamps and among 
the thickets by the slow-flowing streams of the eastern plains 
from Bastia to Bonifacio, and in the Campo de POro, but 
always in the neighbourhood of water. In spite of its 
extraordinarily skulking and secretive habits its presence is 
readily recognised by the occasional loud bursts of song 
with which it greets the passer-by. Playne found a nest 
among dead brambles, about 3 feet from the ground, nearly 
ready for eggs, on April 15, and we saw young birds on the 
wing at the end of May. 
60. Lusciniola melanopogon (Temm.). Moustached 
Warbler. 
Wharton shot an example in the Campo de POro on 
January 4, and another near the same spot on the 7th. 
Whitehead saw a bird which apparently belonged to this 
species on November 17, but failed to secure it. 
