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refuge in the wardroom, when the ship was tied up in harbour 

 at Malta, as already related. 

 WooDCHAT Shrike {Lanius senator). 



October 3rd, 1917 : one off Port Said. 

 Warblers. 



Not only Wagtails but other small birds could not be 

 properly identified for the reason already given. Thus I 

 made the following records : — September i8th, 1916 : Warblers 

 settled on ship west of Crete ; October 3rd, 1916 : one 

 Warbler perched on depth charge west of Crete ; November 

 23rd, 1917 : Several seen between Port Said and Alexandria ; 

 November 24th, 1917 : one west of Alexandria. 

 Willow- Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) . 



March 29th, 1917 : One settled on my canary's cage on the 

 quarterdeck, south-west of Greece ; November 22nd, 1917 : 

 one off Port Said. On another occasion which I cannot find 

 recorded in my diary a Willow- Warbler spent a night at sea 

 near Crete, by roosting in the stern of the starboard whaler. 

 Wheatear {(Enanthe cenanthe). 



October 4th, 1916 : one west of Crete ; March 23rd, 1917 : 

 one rested on board 36 miles north-east of Malta ; November 

 7th, 1917 : one off Port Said. 

 Whinchat {Saxicola nibetra). 



May 26th, 1917 : one came on board fifteen miles south- 

 west of Malta ; October 26th, 1917 : one off Alexandria. 

 Redstart {Phcenicunis ph. phcenicurus) . 



October 3rd, 1917 : one off Port Said ; October 17th, 1917 : 

 one at Valletta ; October 29th, 1917 : one fifty miles south 

 of Crete. 

 Redbreast {Erithacus nthecula). 



April 8th, 1917 : two off Cape Bon ; fine weather, wind S. 

 One of them was caught in an exhausted state by the Captain, 

 and spent the night in my cabin, making repeated swoops 

 at the canary's cage. It was released next forenoon at Malta 

 and flew ashore. 

 Swallow {Hinmdo rustica). 



The spring migration lasted from March 29th to June 4th. 

 As regards the autumn migration the earliest date in 1916 

 was September 20th, and the latest date in 1917 was November 

 8th. The spring migration gave me the following records : — - 

 March 29th : three caught between Sicily and Crete ; April 

 6th : one flew into the engine room in a west wind south 

 of Sardinia ; April nth : one west of Sardinia, wind N.W. 

 after blowing S.E. all morning ; April 12th : one south of 

 Marseilles ; April i6th : one seventy miles north of Bizerta, 



