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— greyisli-white little creatui'es a few days old. The nest 

 was a flat structure of sticks, lined witli finer sticks, pieces o£ 

 moss, and a quantity of old red flannel. A nest of the 

 Raven had large young, one of which was perched on its 

 margin, after the manner of a young Rook. We also 

 found the nests of the Red-hacked Shrike, Blackcap, Barred 

 Warhlcr, &c. Among other species we noted the Hawfinch, 

 Wiyneck, Creeper^ Sombre Tit, Long-tailed Tit, and Roller, 

 and a single specimen of the Icterine Warbler was obtained. 

 This wood was remarkably rich in Lepidoptera, especially 

 larvae, among which we observed those of Endromis versicolor 

 and Cnethocampa processionea, and found the imago of Sa- 

 iuniia pavunia major. The beautiful little green tree-frog 

 was also abundant. 



May 23rd. In the afternoon we left for the village of 

 Obrez, about thirty miles S.W. of Semlin. Our route lay 

 via Dobanovci. On arriving at the common just out of 

 Semlin, we attempted to shoot a specimen of Spermophilus 

 citellus, but were completely nonplussed ; for the little 

 creatures, on seeing us^ immediately made for their burrows, 

 which are bored perpendicularly into the ground, and here 

 they stood and allowed us to take a sitting shot at twenty or 

 thirty yards, but always dived into their holes to all appearance 

 untouched. After half-a-dozen attempts we desisted, as car- 

 tridges were not obtainable thereabouts. Blue-headed Wag- 

 tails were common^ but kept annoyingly near a herd of white 

 oxen, thus preventing our getting specimens. On the 

 marsh-meadows, near the village of Pijavicar, we saw a few 

 Whinchats, all of which appeared to be much lighter in colour 

 than our English bird ; one of these we obtained, and found 

 it had only the throat and fore neck pale rufous, the breast 

 and abdomen being pure white. In the marsh here we found 

 a nest of the Sedge-Warbler. We observed little else of 

 interest during the day, and passed the night in a peasant's 

 house at Petrovcic. 



May 24th. We were en route a little after 3 a.m. The 

 face of the country between this village and that of Asanja 

 was much more diversified than any we had hitherto passed 



