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Ornithology of Corsica. 
on the east coast in April. Two nests that I found (one on 
the 21st, containing six eggs, and another on the 26th, con¬ 
taining nearly fledged young) were both placed in most con¬ 
spicuous positions, in the face of bare rocks overhanging the 
stream. 
48. Anthus tjiivialis. 
Several seen on the east coast after April 10th, but none 
noticed during the winter. 
49. Anthus pratensis. 
Common and resident. 
50. Turdus musicus. 
Excessively numerous during the winter; but by March 
most seemed to have left, and none were seen in April or May. 
I think few, if any, remain to breed. 
51. Turdus iliacus. 
Only two seen. One I shot at Porto Polio on the west 
coast on February 6th; and the other I saw in the Ajaccio 
market a few days afterwards. 
52. Turdus merula. 
Very numerous during the winter; but the numbers de¬ 
crease in March, though several remain and breed in the 
island. This bird appears to breed considerably later in 
Corsica than in England, the first nests (and those without 
the full complement of eggs) not being found till the middle 
of April. 
53. Petrocossyphus cyanus. 
A few seen in all parts of the island visited. During the 
winter they were often to be found tied up with the Thrushes 
and Blackbirds in the Ajaccio market. 
54. ClNCLUS AQUATICUS. 
I noticed a few Dippers on the mountain-streams on the east 
coast; but as I was unable to shoot a specimen, and so make 
sure of the identification, the birds seen may have been 
Cinclus alhicollis. 
