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edges to the feathers, and the more intense colouring of the 
under side and head, when compared with the continental 
race. It is exceedingly common on the west side of the 
island, but much less plentiful on the east side, and is resident, 
ranging in summer to the mountain valleys in the interior, 
and descending in winter to the plage. Whitehead records 
fullv fledged young on June 16, but I saw young on the wing 
on May 19, and Parrot received one shot on May 25. 
85. Phcenicurus phcenicurus (L.). Redstart. 
Local name : Nuaggiolo (Giglioli). Occurs only on 
passage in small numbers : several were seen after April 10 
by Wharton. Whitehead saw very few, all between March 24 
and April 19 ; Playne noted a few in April and Parrot 
obtained a male on April 10. 
86. Phcenicurus ochrurus gibraltariensis (Gib.). 
Black Redstart. 
Not known at present except as a winter visitor. White- 
head is the only observer who describes it as common at that 
season : in the Ajaccio district Wharton, Backhouse, and 
Parrot all regard it as far from common. Parrot's latest 
record is dated March 13, but Whitehead observed it as late 
as March 28. There is no evidence of its breeding. 
87. Luscinia megarhyncha corsa Parr. Corsican Night¬ 
ingale. 
Luscinia megarhyncha corsa Parrot, Orn. Monatsber. xviii. 
p. 155 (1910—Corsica). 
Local name : Rusignolo. Dr. Parrot distinguishes the 
Corsican breeding birds on account of their somewhat shorter 
wings, the darker brown of the upper surface, especially on 
the head and back, and the colder, more greyish-brown tinge 
on the throat and edges of the primaries. To the low ground 
and foothills this bird is a very common summer visitor, but it 
does not ascend to any height in the mountains. Whitehead 
notes the dates of first arrivals in 1883 and 1884 as April 19 
and April 7. Wharton’s statement in ‘ The Ibis/ 1876, p. 21, 
that it was noticed on “ March” 16, is a slip of the pen for 
