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whence all the " grebe " of commerce comes from, after 

 the immense numbers of Crested Grebes observed on the 

 limited area of the lake we were able to investigate. In the 

 village of Gardony a Stork had young, and we added the 

 Bunting, Swallow, and Turtle-Dove to our list. We returned 

 to Buda-Pesth in the evening, and along with our interpreter 

 went on board the S.S. ' Fiume,' which left for Semlin at 



11 P.M. 



May 18th. On going on deck in the morning we found we 

 had arrived at the small town of Baja, whence, until Vukovar 

 is reached, the Danube traverses a flat country, which is, how- 

 ever, abundantly timbered, thus relieving what would other- 

 wise be considered monotonous scenery. In one or two places 

 the banks are somewhat steep, and afford breeding-stations to 

 numbers of Sand-Martins. At Vukovar the Fruska-Gora 

 mountains run parallel to the river on the Slavonian side as far 

 as the junction with the Theiss, being about a mile inland, 

 so to speak, attaining a considerable height, probably over 

 2000 feet, and clothed to the summit with forest. The 

 situation of many of the towns and villages was very pic- 

 turesque, and that of Karlovic particularly so. During the 

 day we observed many species of birds, including the fol- 

 lowing — the Raven, White-tailed Eagle, Black Kite, Cor- 

 morant, Black Stork, and Sandpiper. We arrived at Semlin 

 at 10 P.M. 



May 19tli-21st. These days were spent in the miserable 

 town of Semlin, where we endeavoured to find some orni- 

 thological work to do in the neighbourhood until our permit 

 from the Government arrived j but in this we failed ; nor were 

 matters improved on crossing to Belgrade, which was only 

 thirteen minutes by steamer. The situation of the latter 

 city is extremely fine, but it is a poor place. We noted a 

 Goldfinch feeding in the main street (the Terrasia) ; and 

 observed a Jackdaw with a large white patch on its breast, 

 giving it the appearance of a leviathan Ring- Ouzel. 



May 22nd. Having found a Slav jager who knew some- 

 thing about birds, we set off with him in one of the rough 

 primitive carts of the country for the village of Dobauovci, 



