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Scolopax rusticola. Woodcock. 



In winter this bird is as numerous as the keenest sports- 

 man could wish it to be. 



Hydrochelidon nigra. Black Tern. 



Terns seen on the Struma from June onwards were mostly 

 of this species. I was shown eo-gs, taken from islands in the 

 river, but could not identify them from memory as being 

 assuredly Black Tern's. Major Sladen met with thousands 

 of these Terns at Luke Ard/an, preparing to breed in May, 

 and later had eggs sent to him from this place. 



On the 4tli of May — when travelling by train from Salonica 

 towards Larissa — I passed two places well stocked with Terns. 

 One place was on the marshes, near the point at which the 

 railway crosses the Vardar (Karasuli, appnrently where they 

 are common, according to Major Sladen), and the other — a 

 smaller colony — yet further from Salonica. From their 

 behaviour at both these places I should say that the Terns 

 contemplated breeding. 



[GuLLis. — Black-headed Gulls on the Struma from 

 December to March were — I am almost sure — Larus 

 ridilmndus. Larger Gulls at Salonica throushout the 

 winter (sp. ?).] 



Gallinula chloropus. Moorhen. 



A few that frequented a reed-bed near Ormanli in winter 

 were the shyest birds I have ever met with. 



Fulica atra. Coot. 



Abundant on the rivers in winter. Li January 1917 the 

 Butkova Biver was swarming with ('oots. 



Puffinus kuhlii. Mediterranean Shearwater. 

 Gulf of Salonica in October. 



Podiceps cristatus. Great Crested Grebe. 

 Plenty on the Struma in January. 



