1 92 1 . ] Birds of Macedon ia. 211 



Erithacus rubecula. Uedhreast. 



Sufficiently rare to be noted when seen. A few near the 

 Butkova River, 23 January. Others at intervals in winter. 

 One at Sivri, 2 October. 



Luscinia megarhyncha. Niglitingale. 



Oonnnon sunnner bird. Noticed 5 A})ril, 191G at Kopriva. 

 Siiioinu well, 14 April. Several nests in June, a lar^e pro- 

 portion of the eggs being light in colour. By 4 July broods 

 in s[)otted plumage were hopping about the thickets. In 

 1917 the first record was 7 April, on which date a bird was 

 singing lustily in the evening. I was much impressed with 

 the very sedentary habits of this species. In several cases a 

 pair appeared in April in a small piece of cover, quite 

 isolated from other vegetation^ reared their young there, and 

 could always be seen in the same small area until the time 

 for departure arrived in the autumn. The Nightingales at 

 Kopriva were still in their secluded corners on 15 September. 



Saxicola rubetra, Whinchat. 



Plentiful in autumn, es})ecially the first week in September, 

 when they outnumbered the Stonechats. 



Saxicola rubicola. Stonechat. 



A common resident, wintering in selected localities at 

 intervals along the Seres Road an& on the border o£ the 

 plain. All the birds I saw in winter were quite adult and 

 in pairs. I formed the opinion that birds of the year 

 did not stay in the country. The parents of a brood seen 

 on 5 August were very dark in colour and not in the least 

 brown or reddish on the underparts. The voice was that of 

 the present species. 



(Enanthe cenanthe. Wheatear. 



A common bird in Macedonia^ where there are large tracts 

 of country suited to its requirements. It spends the greater 

 part of the year in the country, being seen from the end of 

 March to October. In the blizzard of the 29th of March 

 Wheat-ears were i-unnino- about in the snow at Lahana. 



