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in tlie Straits of Bonifacio to the mountains in the interior 
of the island. It is generally to he met with in pairs, and 
the male often sings while flying up in the air and descending 
again. Whitehead says that in severe weather the birds often 
come into the towns. He also found a nest with four young 
a few days old on May 14, while we found fledged young on 
May 22. [Although Monticola saxatilis , the Rock-Thrush, 
has not yet been recorded from Corsica, I think that it may 
prove to occur there, as a forester gave me a very accurate 
description of the bird and stated that a few individuals were 
resident in the mountains.] 
82. Saxicola cenanthe cenanthe (L.). Common Euro¬ 
pean Wheat ear. 
A fairly common visitor on migration, some few pairs 
probably remaining to breed. In 1883 Whitehead recorded 
the first arrival on March 21, and in the following year on 
March 30 ; but at Corte, Wharton did not observe it till 
April 8. Parrot shot a male on the Isles Sanguinaires on 
March 28, and saw T a female on the following day. Whitehead 
mentions having found a pair high up in the mountains on 
May 12, which were probably breeding, and I saw a male on 
a promontory on the east coast on May 11, which may have 
had a mate incubating close at hand. The only specimen 
obtained by Parrot has a wing-measurement of 91*5 mm. 
83. Pratincola rubetra (L.). Whinchat. 
A visitor on migration, staying only a few days according 
to Whitehead, who records the first arrival in 1883 on April 
15 and in 1884 on April 20. Wharton first noted it at 
Biguglia on April 17, and Playne saw one near Corte on 
the 20th. 
84. Pratincola torquatus insularis Parr. Corsican 
Stonechat. 
Pratincola torquaia insularis Parrot, Orn. Monatsber. 
xviii. p. 155 (1910—Corsica). 
Local names : £ Prete } $ Nonna (Giglioli). Separated 
by Dr. Parrot on account of its somewhat smaller size, the 
deeper black of the upper surface, the duller and less rusty 
