676 Brig.-Gen. H. Iv. Kelhain on [Ibis, 



a map the elevated plain of Omalos, a huge depression over a 

 mile ill diameter, surrounded by high peaks (8000 ft.), while 

 at its southern end a curious outlet led into a deep ravine, 

 then far away north the promontory of Kissimo jutted out 

 into the blue waters of the Mediterranean. 



I follow the sequence and nomenclature of tlie B. 0. U. 

 List, 1915. 



Turdus merula. 



Plentiful in the Sphakia ravines during September, espe- 

 cially near Xiioskala Pass. 



Monticola saxatilis. 



Among the boulders in Sj^hakia it was fairly plentiful. 



(Enanthe cenanthe and Saxicola rubetra were in consider- 

 able numbers during the autumn. In my notes is : — 

 " 1 Sept., Omalos Plain. It was a lovely fresh morning 

 with quite a bite in the air when I strolled from my tent 

 down to the well, the only one anywhere near, for during 

 the summer water is scarce in the highlands of Crete. The 

 shepherds bad utilized dug-out logs as drinking troughs fur 

 their cattle, and innumerable little birds assembled morning 

 and evening to quench their thirst and bathe, allowing me 

 to stand within a few paces of ihem. Most were Wheatears 

 {O^nantlie amanthe), Whinchats {Saxicola ruhetra), Stone- 

 chats (Saxicola ruhicola), and Wagtails, the Wheatears in 

 such numbers, not only at the water but all over the sur- 

 rounding hills, that I feel sure they were migrants. 

 Plumage of the back pale grey, rusty on the throat and 

 breast, a dark streak through the eye, supercilium and 

 rump white, a black bar across the tail." 



Phoenicurus phcenicurus. 



I saw several Redstarts near Anapoli in Septeiidjer. 



Sylvia atricapilla. 



Anapoli during the autumn. 



Parus major, also Parus cseruleus, were common among 

 the pines in Sphakia. 



