g—BIRDS ON THE GALLIPOLI, ITALIAN, 
MACEDONIAN, PALESTINE, AND 
MESOPOTAMIAN FRONTS 
GALLIPOLI 
HE records which I have from battle 
fronts other than that in France and 
Flanders are comparatively meagre. 
The majority of observations take the form 
of lists of birds common to the locality though 
rare in Great Britain, and, though of ornitho- 
logical interest, fail to come under my present 
purview. The same indifference on the part 
of birds to the noise of war is always noticed. 
An officer of the Mediterranean Expeditionary 
Force writes: ‘‘The astounding thing is 
how little the birds are put out by the crash 
of shells, columns of dust, clouds of smoke, 
and the movement of large bodies of troops 
over the hitherto undisturbed and peaceful 
domain’’ (Saturday Review, g.xX.15). They 
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