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more than once that they were the only small birds to be 

 seen on the upper slopes during a nor'easter. 



Dr. Hartert is doubtful of the subspecies of my specimen, 

 although it is a good skin, and considers a series necessary 

 to determine this. 



Fringilla coelebs coelebs. Cyhaffinch. 

 c?. Novorossisk, lO.ii. 20. 



Fairly common, several always being noted during a walk 

 along the hillsides. 



Fringilla montifringilla. Brambling. 



c? . Novorossisk, 2. ii. 20. 

 ? . Novorossisk, 7. ii. 20. 



Perhaps the commonest species, large flocks constantly 

 frequenting the vicinity of the town. During the nor^easter 

 they would become so tame that they could be caught by 

 hand, and large numbers died of cold. They had all dis- 

 appeared by 12 March. 



Passer domesticus domesticus. House-Sparrow. 

 (*ommon in the town. 



Emberiza cia cia. Meadow-Bunting. 



cJ . Novorossisk, 8. ii. 20. 



Rather uncommon, but regularly seen. 



Melanocorypha calandra. Calandra Lark. 

 ? . Novorossisk, 12.iii.20. 



This species was not observed before 12 March. On 

 this day, while seated at my window, I saw a flock of some 

 forty of these birds come northwards up the bay, evidently 

 on migration. Taking ni]' collecting-gun, I went in search 

 of them on the hillside, where I presently found them 

 sheltering behind bushes, and succeeded in obtaining one 

 specimen. 



I see that Mr. P. J. C. McGregor, writing in ' The Ibis ' 

 (1917, p. 10) notes 10 March as the first date in 11)10 of 

 the occurrence of this species at Erzerum, which is 300 miles 

 south of Novorossisk. ' 



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