78 BRITISH BIRDS. 



a few miles to the south of the spot where the Meander 

 River enters the sea. 



In this district the White-tailed Eagle is a very common 

 bird. 



My friend Mr. Hodder, who accompanied me on this 

 trip, and who has lived for many years in Asia Minor, 

 had taken a nest containing two much incubated eggs of 

 this species on the previous Christmas Day. 



On January 20th, 1902, Mr. Hodder and I took three 

 nests on the same mountain, and only a mile or so One 

 from the other, and on February 1st and 2nd four more 

 nests in the same district. Each of these nests contamed 

 two eggs, some of which were fresh, whilst others were 

 considerably incubated. 



There are no precipitous cliifs in this district over- 

 looking the sea, and the White-tailed Eagle has therefore 

 taken to nesting in trees. All the nests we found were 

 placed on the tops of large stone pines, and some of them 

 must have been used, and constantly added to, for many 

 years. One was quite twelve feet in height, and must 

 have contained a good waggon-load of sticks. 



Great White Heron. Ardea alba L. 



On the 18th of April, 1906, I visited, in company with 

 Mr. J. C. Musters, a certain very large reed-covered 

 swamp in Central Hungary, where we knew that a limited 

 number of Great White Herons annually nested. 



In the course of the morning we found one nest con- 

 taining three eggs, from which the sitting bird flew when 

 my friend's boat was within a few yards of it. In the 

 afternoon we foimd a second nest, quite 300 yards away 

 from the first. This nest also contained three eggs, from 

 which the sitting bird did not fly until my boat was quite 

 close to it. 



The eggs in both these nests were very much incubated, 

 and must have been laid at the end of March. The nests, 

 built of reeds, were large, solid structures, placed on bent 

 down growing reeds, at a height of about six feet above 



