454 
Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain on the 
shorter-winged than Sardinian, but the supposed differences in 
colour prove to be due to seasonal changes. This is a common 
resident in the macchia, not only on the coast and islets but 
also on the brush-covered mountain-slopes inland. Like the 
Subalpine Warbler it frequently utters its song on the wing, 
dropping immediately afterwards into the scrub. Lilford 
found it breeding on the islets in the Straits of Bonifacio, 
between Maddalena and Caprera, and obtained two nests with 
incubated eggs on May 15, while fledged young were seen on 
May 17. Whitehead took a nest with four eggs (incubated) 
on April 24, low down in a cistus bush, and I found one 
with four slightly incubated eggs on May 10. Average size 
of four Corsican eggs, 16*85 x 13*12 mm. ; max. 17 x 13*1, 
min. 16*7x13*1 and 17x13. The nest is well and com¬ 
pactly built, but is hard to find, and the birds are difficult 
to get at on account of their skulking habits. 
74. Cisticola cisticola (Temm.). Fantail Warbler. 
Wharton found this species numerous at Biguglia, but 
nowhere else, while WTiitehead and Giglioli describe it as a 
common resident in the swamps. 
75. Turdus pilaris L. Fieldfare. 
Whitehead records a few seen in stormy weather from 
March 12 to 16, 1883. 
76. Turdus viscivorus reiseri Schieb. Corsican Mistle 
Thrush. 
Turdus viscivorus reiseri , Scliiebel, Orn. Monatsber. xix. 
p. 85 (1911—Corsica and Sardinia). 
Local names : Tordela ; Trizzine (Giglioli). Not common, 
but resident and breeding in the pine-forests at 2500 ft. and 
upwards. Parrot met with it in the forests of Yizzavona and 
Aitone. During the winter months it also occurs on the low 
ground, and Backhouse found it common near Ajaccio in the 
hard winter of 1890-91. In 1909 R. II. Read and I found 
a very young bird, scarcely able to fly, on May 19, and on 
May 27 took a nest, with four beautiful eggs with bright blue 
ground-colour,Trom the trailing branches of a Pinus laricio. 
In the same tree was a Chaffinch’s nest with fresh eggs. As far 
back as 1865 Yian noticed that these two birds were addicted 
