9 BIRDS ON THE GALLIPOLI, ITALIAN, 

 MACEDONIAN, PALESTINE, AND 

 MESOPOTAMIAN FRONTS 



GALLIPOLI 



THE 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.x.is). They 



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