16 Mr. P. J. C. :\rcGicgor on [Ibis, 



Erithacus rubecula hyrcanus. Redbreast. 

 Observed one on September 26, 1910. In I'Jll, October 

 26, one, and October 31^ one. 



Luscinia luscinia. Tbrush-Nightingale or S[)rosser. 



I am informed that this Nightingale is a summer visitor 

 in tiie Erzinjau district, bnt am douI)tful of its being other 

 than exceptional as a breeding species in tlie inhospitable 

 region of Erzernm. 



In 1910, on April 11, during a snow-storm, I observed 

 one lurking in a hedge, and another was seen near Kyrk 

 Deirmen on June 9. I also noticed a specimen three times 

 between the 10th and the 17tli of September, but imagine 

 it was the same bird on each occasion. 



In 1911, I saw a Sprosser on May 9, and on July 30 a 

 bird haunted my tent all day, perching on a chair close 

 beside me, and even alighting on the table I was writing at 

 to pick up dead flies from a fly-paper. It paid almost dailj'^ 

 visits to my tent till August 7, when it indulged in some 

 throaty warbling. A Nightingale, presumably the same, was 

 seen on August 9. 



It has been suggested to me by a high authority that this 

 species may be L. niegarhy)ichos ufricatKi, but I must leave 

 this, as also various other points that will doubtless occur to 

 the reader, to the researches of future observers. 



Cyanosylvia suecica cyanecula. White-spotted Bluethroat. 



On April 8, 1910, while walking in a field where the 

 melting snow had exposed some patches of earth, I came 

 across a fine cock-bird in full plumage, and a few minutes 

 later I discovered two hens, all evidently hungry and ex- 

 hausted — so much so that one of them allowed itself to be 

 carried away by a rush of water from an irrigation-channel 

 and narrowly escaped drowning. At some distance from this 

 spot I came across a fourth specimen, with very dull throat- 

 markings. 



My other observations in spring were as follows : — 

 "^ April 11, boisterous and showy ; saw a Bluethroat $ at the 

 poplars. April 15, snow last night ; saw a Bluethroat ? in 



