1922.] some Cretan Birds. 677 



Troglodytes troglodytes. 



(Joinnion in the houKler-strewn ravines' near San Maria, 

 Spliakia. 



Motacilla alba. 



In flocks on the cultivated fields round Candia in Novoni- 

 ber, where I shot a few specimens. Length 7 in., chin and 

 throat pure white, black-gorged on the breast ; forehead^ 

 face, and abdomen dull white; outer tail-feathers white, 

 central ones black. 



Motacilla flava. 



Onialos Plain, in considerable numbers early in Sep- 

 tember. 



Anthus pratensis. 



Plentiful round Candia during the winter. 



Oriolus oriolus. 



Often seen during the autumn. 



Lanius excubitor. 



On 1 Septenil)er I sliot, what I put down as this species, 

 on Omalos Plain. It had no black patch on its forehead as 

 is the case in the Eastern Shrike. 



Hirundo rustica. 



I Luund this Swallow breeding in Crete during June and 

 July. 



" Candia, 24 July. To-day I rode out to visit our out- 

 post at Anapoli. 



" The tents were pitched in an olive-grove, one shared by 

 the two officers, and in it a pair of Swallows had elected to 

 breed, showing the most extraordinary tameness, for not 

 only had they entered and built their nest against the tent- 

 pole but passed in and out within a few inches of my head 

 quite regardless of my presence, in fact, often [)erching on 

 the table. 



"The two young birds were fledged and nearly ready to 

 fly but were being constantly fed by tlieir parents : the 

 occupants of the tent had fixed up an old newspaper round 



