128 Col. R. iMeiuertzliageii on the [Ibis, 



Coi'vus cornix minos IMeiiiertz. 



Corms c. minos Meinertzhagen, Bull. B. 0. (J. xli. 1920, 

 p. 10 : Candia. 



This new race is pale and very similar to (\ c pallesfens 

 from Cyprus, but has a longer wing and a deejier and longer 

 cubnen. 



It is a common bird, ascentiing to the Nidha Plain at 

 5000 feet. It breeds in olive and oak trees, the young- 

 being well on the wing by the end of June. 



Garrulus glandarius cretorum Afeinertz, 



(lai')'tilus (/. cretoi'iim Meinertzliagen, Bull, R. 0. C. 

 xli. 1920, p. 19 : Mount Ida. 



Very near (i. ff. icJinutur from Sardinia, but with a slightly 

 redder neck and greyer back. Similar in size. 



Not seen below 4000 feel, and appai'ently confined to the 

 Ilex forest. Both fidl-grown and half-grown y(Hing seen in 

 the middle of June. 



Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax (Ij.). 



The Chough was Jibundant on Mount Ida l^etween 5000 

 and 7000 feet. About 100 pair were nesting in the Kamares 

 Cave in June, the young being wtdl on the wing and a few 

 still in the nest in mid-June. 



The young iiave a peculiar call, not unlike that of M('r(>/>s 

 apiaxter. Several smaller colonies were found in other 

 smaller caves. 



l)oubtless the "•Yellow-billed Chougln '" reported bv 

 Miss Bate (Trevor-Battye : 'Camping in Crete ' J were the 

 young of this species. 



Chloris chloris subsp. ? 



A single adult nuiie obtained in worn plumage. In size 

 it is nearest to C. e. cldorotica, but in general coloration is 

 nearest ('. e. maderaszi from Cyprus. It is certainly not 

 C. c. muhlei, which is a darker and larger bird than my 

 (/retan specimen. 



Common from sea-level to 4500 teet, both in cultivation 

 and in the Ilex forest. Fnll-grown vouiig seen on 7 June, 



