6 Mr. C. G. Danford on the 



30. Scops Giu (Scopoli). 



From the beginning of March up to the time of our leav- 

 ing the country the mournful monotonous note of this little 

 Owl was heard all night long about the villages, and some- 

 times during daytime in the dark juniper- woods at Giaour keui. 



31. Jynx torquilla, L. 



Rare ; two specimens were shot at Anascha, May 17th and 

 April 6th. 



32. Gecinus viRiDis (L.). Cham agri. 



Not common, but well distributed in the oak- and fir-woods 

 of the mountains. Perjietual stories were told us of the ex- 

 istence of another sort of Cham agri, whose throat was always 

 described as being entirely red. Rewards were offered and 

 plenty of attempts made to procure a bird answering to this 

 description; but as they resulted in nothing but P. viridis, 

 the account of the existence of a red-throated Woodpecker 

 in the Taurus may be regarded as apocryphal. The words 

 Cham and agri mean fir and pain ; so that the name is proba- 

 bly a fanciful allusion to the cry of the bird^ as if it proceeded 

 from a fir tree in distress. 



33. Dryocopus martius (L.). 



Rare, but occasionally seen, and oftener heard among cedars 

 and upper fir- woods. 



34. Picus LiLFORDi, Sharpc & Dresser. 



Rather common, but local. The first specimen was shot in 

 the beech-woods of Gozna ; none were observed at Zebil ; but 

 a good series was obtained at Anascha. All have the white 

 of the rump strongly barred with black. It is rather a shy 

 bird, resembling in habits its close ally, P. leuconotus. Its 

 note is also similar, being rather weak and not harsh. It is 

 very fond of drumming on hollow trees, the noise made being 

 something like the springing of a rattle. A nest found at 

 Anascha April 9th was placed in a dead fir. The eggs were 

 four in number, and were deposited about two feet below the 

 entrance-hole. They were of the usual Woodpecker-type, 

 but were unfortunately broken during the descent of the 



