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9. CoTYLE RIPARIA. 
Fairly numerous after the end of March. 
10. CoTYLE RUPESTRIS. 
None noticed until the beginning of December; but after 
that date numbers were seen on both the west and east coasts 
and at Corte. 
11. Chelidon urbica. 
Very common after March 14th. 
12. Alcedo ispida. 
A few seen on the sea-coast at Ajaccio in November, but 
never noticed afterwards or elsewhere. 
13. Merops apiaster. 
At Biguglia on April 30th and May 1st I noticed several 
small parties of six or eight flying in a northerly direction. 
None seemed to settle, though every now and then one would 
halt in its flight as if with the intention of doing so. Once, 
on firing at the leading bird of a party of six, about fifty 
yards up, they all halted for a few seconds straight over my 
head, and then flew on as if nothing had happened, not alter¬ 
ing their former course in the least. 
14. Upupa epops. 
First seen at the beginning of April, but nowhere numerous. 
15. Certhia familiarjs. 
A few seen in the large chestnut-groves at Corte on April 
8th, but observed nowhere else. 
16. Troglodytes parvulus. 
Fairly common, but more so on the west than the east side 
of the island. 
17. Cisticola schcenicola. 
Numerous at Biguglia, but observed nowhere else. 
18. Calamodyta arundinacea (L.). 
The Great Sedge Warbler seems to occur but sparingly, 
none being observed on the west side, and only four or five 
on the east, three of which T shot, all proving to be males. 
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