82 Noics on J limbic and Other Wild Life. 



Junk isr. The only sea Ijirds noted (.lurin;^' the day were a 

 couple of Herrini:;- (jiills, hut it was imj)ossible to identify 

 them properly. A Turtle Dove about 10-30 a.m., and a 

 Tree Pipit about 6 p.m. were seen, stragglers on 

 migration. 



JuxK 2XD. ^S° 11' X. X 15° 36' E. 316 mles. A most interesting- 

 day, for we entered the Straits of Messina about 11 a.m.. 

 and passed Stromboli about 3-30 p.m. In the Straits the 

 land lay so close on either side, and was so clear in the 

 bright sunshine that with tield glasses one could see the 

 towns and countryside most clearly, and even trace 

 remains of the great disaster of a few^ years back. 

 Stromboli was smoking, and one wondered at the courage 

 of the inhabitants of the small villages which perch in 

 precarious position on the small buttresses of land which 

 jut out at the base of the giant cone which rises straight 

 out of the sea. A few Shearwaters and many adult 

 Herring Gulls appeared about the neighbourhood of the 

 land, but the only migrant seen was a small bird which 

 appeared to be one of the Yellow Buntings. 



June 3RD. We approached Sardinia about noon, when Herring 

 ("lulls were following in the wake of the ship. In the 

 Straits of Bonifacio there were some species of Shear- 

 water with brown upper parts and a white undersurface. 

 A House Martin (ChcVidou urhica) visited the ship in the 

 evening. 



Junk 4TH. The City of London reached Marseilles in the early 

 mornini^-, and I abandoned the study of birds in favour 

 of the desperate rush which is the lot of those wno would 

 essay the overland route ! 



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Notes on Jungle and other Wild Life. 



By Dr. Casky A. Wood, M.B.O.U. 



ri'lic t'(jllo\Miiii- was fDiwardcd to inc. acconi|)naicd by a short letter, as 

 follows : " Dr. Casey Wood, now in Soutli America, lias asked me to send 

 " \ou tlie enclosed copy of a letter which he has written for a few relatives 



