1Q2I.] Birds of Macedonia. 205 



Anthus trivialis. Tree-Pipit. 

 Aracli, G April. 



Anthus pratensis. Meadow-Pipit. 



Struma plain in winter. When the snow fell these 

 Pipits came to our tents for food, mixing with the White 

 Wagtails and Crested Larks. 



Sitta europsea. Nuthatch. 



Common on the hills, hut local in distribution. In spring 

 at Aracli. Particularly plentiful in small woods near 

 Lahana in October. 



Regulus regulus. Groldcrest. 



Some on the hills in October. One at Grumisdere, 

 7 November ; another at Kopriva, 24 December. 



Parus major. Great Titmouse. 



The commonest Titmouse, Found on the hills wherever 

 there is a trace of cultivation, and often in the scrub in quite 

 desolate places. Most frequent from October to January, 

 but numerous in April. 



Parus cseruleus. Blue Titmouse. 

 Practically as P. major, but not so common. 



Parus lugubris. Sombre Titmouse. 



Two records. A pair haunted some pear-trees on which 

 the fruit was rotten, in October and November at Paprat. 

 Another pair at Aracli in April. 



.ffigithalus caudatus. Long-tailed Titmouse. 

 A few on the hills in autunm. Common in April and 

 May. 



Lanius excubitor. Great Grey Shrike. 



Seen near the Struma in winter, especially in January. 

 I remember one bird of a pair keeping in front of my horse 

 for more than a mile, darting from its perch and skimming 

 low over the ground, a short distance ahead, and then sud- 

 denly rising and perching on the top of a bush again. 



