I92I-] Breeding Birds oj Crete. 131 



Anthus campestris campestris (L.). 



Four obtained are identical with others from sonthern 

 Europe. 



Common in suitable country between 2000 and -4000 feet, 

 and a few were breeding at GOOO feet on Mount Ida. 



Certhia brachydactyla subsp. ? 



Tree-Creepers were found at 4500 feet at the top of the 

 Ilex forest on the soutliern slopes of Mount Ida, and three 

 adults and three young were obtained. The former are in 

 such worn plumage that it is inipossible to say to which race 

 they belong. 



Parus major peloponnesus Parrot. 



Five adults in worn plumage appear to agree with birds 

 from Greece. 



Common from sea-level to the limit of the Ilex forest, say 

 4500 feet. Full-grown young were seen about by early June. 



Parus caeruleus ogliastrae Hartert. 



An adult female and a young bird obtained. But I have 

 examined Witherby's adult male collected by Lynes at Suda 

 Bay, and I agree with AVitherby (Ibis, 1912, p. 145) that the 

 Cretan form belongs to this race. They are certainly not 

 the typical race as stated by Jourdain (' Eggs of European 

 Birds '). The wing of my female measures 61 mm. 



Not uncommon in wooded country from sea-level to 

 5000 feet. Young were well on the wing by early Jun^. 



Parus sp. ? 



On two occasions on Mount Ida at 5000 feet in Ilex forest 

 I heard and saw a brown Tit which I failed to secure. It was 

 not the Marsh or Coal Tit. 



Lanius senator niloticus (Bp.). 



Two breeding males have less white at the base of the 

 central tail-feathers than Palestine breeding birds, and in 

 this respect approach the typical race. Perhaps the formula 

 Lanius s. niloticus > senator would be a convenient way of 

 expressing this, as is done by Stresemann (Avif. Macedon.). 



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