338 Messrs. Elwes and Buckley on the Birds of Turkeij. 



280. Sterna minuta, L. 



Common on the coast of the Black Sea, and breeds in the 

 Dobrudscha. 



281. Sterna fissipes, L. 



Very abundant in May on the Danube as far up as Belgrade. 



-r282. Sterna leucoptera, Schinz.l Found in Epirus by 

 ^^-283. Sterna hybrida, Pall. J ^^^'"^ Lilford. 



284. Cygnus olor (Gmel.). 



The Mute Swan is found in a wild state in some parts of 

 Turkey in summer and winter. The Gulf of Salonica was full 

 of Swans when we arrived there; and the Governor, who is a 

 great sportsman, invited us to join a battue, which was attended 

 by several boats from the town. The procession w^as headed by 

 three large men-of-war's boats, containing the chief dignitaries, 

 with their rifles ; and etiquette was carried to such an extent 

 that instead of advancing in line, they kept in the order of 

 their precedence. The Swans, which might easily have been 

 surrounded, naturally took advantage of this ; and a great ex- 

 penditure of ammunition at long ranges only resulted in the 

 capture of two Swans, though there must have been a thousand 

 in the flock. Whoopers, as well as Mute Swans, were among 

 them ; but we did not identify Bewick's Swan. Swans which we 

 believe to be of this species (C olor) were breeding on the Upper 

 Devna lake, near Varna ; and a Wallachian shepherd brought 

 us a nest of eight eggs, which he had taken on a lagoon near 

 Rassova. 



285. Cygnus ferus, Leach. 



A winter visitor to Turkey, and tolerably plentiful in suitable 

 localities. We shot one out of a flock near Kustendji on 

 April 13th. 



286. Cygnus immutabilis, Yarrell. 

 Found in Epirus by Lord Lilford. 



-4-287. Anser segetum (Gmel.). 



Not uncommon, but not so numerous as the following- 

 species. 



