Messrs. Elvves and Buckley on the Birds of Turkey. 341 



310. Mergus serrator, L. 



Not uncommon on the coast in winter. 



1^311. Mergus albellus^ L. 



Common in Macedonia, where it frequents the inland waters 

 and deep still streams which intersect the marshes. We never 

 saw any adult males; and both Lord Lilford and Col. Drum- 

 mond-Hay make the same remark. 



312. Podiceps cristatus (L.), 



Very common on the coast in winter^ and on the lakes in 

 summer. Large quantities of skins are collected by the Greek 

 " sportsmen " in the seaports, who sell them for exportation to 

 France. 



313. Podiceps griseigena (Bodd.). 



Not uncommon on the Black Sea in winter; we shot them 

 in the harbour of Sevastopol. 



314. Podiceps nigricollis (Gmel.). 



The most numerous of its family on the Turkish coasts. 



315. Podiceps auritus, L. 

 Found in Epirus by Lord Lilford. 



316. Podiceps minor (L.). 

 Common in winter. 



-^317. CoLYMBUS GLACiALis, L. 1 Fouud ill wiiitcr by 



> Lord Lilford on the 

 _|-318. CoLYMBUS SEPTENTRioNALis, L. J coasts of Epirus. 



*** ^^^ have been kindly reminded by Dr. Hartlaub that 

 our contributors, while enumerating at the beginning of this 

 paper (p. 60, note) the various publications on Turkish ornitho- 

 logy known to them, have omitted mentioning an article by Dr. 

 Finsch in the 'Journal fiir Ornithologie ' (1859, pp. 378-387), 

 " Beitrage zur ornithologischen Fauna von Bulgarien, mit 

 besonderer Beriicksichtigung des Balkans." One hundred and 

 seventy-eight species are therein included, whereof five, viz. 

 Sylvia phitomela, Bechst., S. snecica (L.), S. nisoria, Bechst., 

 S. palustris, Bechst., and Trhiga temmincki, Leisl., are not 

 noticed in the present paper. — Ed. 



