210 Mr. F. N. Chaseu on the [Ibis, 



Sylvia cuiTUca. Lesser Wliitethroat. 



Seen 7 April. Still in pairs 20 September. On 3 August 

 a brood s})eiit tlie greater j)art of the day picking up ants a 

 few yards from the door of my bivouac. 



Turdus pilaris. Fieldfare. 



Seen from the beginning of January to the middle of 

 March. l)ut never in very large numl)ers. A small move- 

 ment, a[)[)arently to the south, in January, small flocks flying 

 over Orljak in an intent manner. Single birds seen later were 

 not at all shy. They spent their time grubbing about on the 

 ground under cover of the bramble bushes iind were loath 

 to take wing. When poked out with a stick they would 

 merely skim along the ground to the next cover. 



Turdus philomelos. Song-Thrush. 



Occasionally in February and March on the Struma plain. 



Turdus inerula. Blackbird. 



Resident, but not very common. Several pairs bred near 

 Karamatli. A nest with four eggs at Aracli, 14 April. 

 This nest was in an extraordinary position. It was con- 

 spicuously placed on a projecting root on the side of a gully, 

 which was about three feet deep^ the nest being therefore 

 really below ground-level. This nest was subsequently 

 destroyed by reason of the gully assuming its original 

 function of a waterway after some heavy rain. 



Phcenicurus phcenicurus. Redstart. 



(Common in summer and especially numerous in Sep- 

 tember ; 14 October and 1 November at Orljak. 



Phcenicurus gibraltariensis. Black Redstart. 



Frequent from November to March. At the beginning 

 of December a number near the sea at Salonica (some tired 

 Buzzards and a coasting-movement of Finches noted at the 

 same time). November was the best month for them on 

 the plain, but they rarely stayed in a given place for long 

 and were usually met with alone or in pairs. 



