[Ibis, 
678 Captain P. W. Munn on the 
7. Sturnus unicolor. Sardinian Starling. 
Included in v. Jordans' list on the authority o£ Barcelo, 
Howard Saunders, and the Archduke Ludwig Salvador. 
8. Oriolus oriolus. Golden Oriole. 
A visitor in small numbers in the summer, when a few 
probably remain to nest. I saw a male on 24 April, 1921, 
near Puerto Alcudia. 
Observed by v. Jordans. 
9. Chloris c. aurantiiventris. Greenfinch. 
Resident and common. They comrfience laying about the 
middle of April, nests being built chiefly in pines and wild 
olive-trees. Both nests and eggs are similar to those of 
the British race, though the eggs are usually somewhat 
smaller. 
Obtained by v. Jordans, who states it is nowhere plentiful. 
10. Coccothraustes coccothraustes. Hawfinch. 
Not observed by v. Jordans, who quotes Barcelo and 
Homeyer, but he saw a stuffed specimen in Arta obtained 
in 1912. 
11. Carduelis carduelis africana. Goldfinch. 
One of the commonest birds all the year round, and the 
species most frequently kept in cages. They find abundant 
food in the thistles and weeds that flourish everywhere. 
Nesting plentifully in the pine-woods, in the orchards, and 
in the wild olive-trees on the hillsides. Often their nests are 
built in the curtains of Smilax aspersa , which forms such 
impenetrable barriers in some parts of the woods. The 
earliest eggs are laid about the middle of April, and the nests 
are the usual beautiful structures of lichen, moss, and fine 
twigs outside, thickly lined with vegetable down, a few 
feathers, and a little palmeto fibre closely felted together. 
The birds always show considerable excitement at their nest 
and sit very closely on their eggs. 
Included in v. Jordans' list under the name of Carduelis c. 
parva. Witherby considers those obtained by him to be 
referable to C. c. africana. 
