676 Mr. J. H. Stenliouse on the [Ibis, 



colder weather. About this time there was a large influx 

 of bii'ds into the island ; the European shore to the north 

 was well covered with snow. 



Parus caerulens caeruleiis. Blue Tit. 



c^ . Imbros, 25. xii. 15. ?. Irabros, 25. xii. 15. 



Two were seen at Imbros on 25 December, and proved to 

 be a pair. Another was seen on 14 January, and several in 

 an olive grove on 21 January. 



Sylvia melanocephala. Sardinian Warbler. 



AVas seen on several occasions in Imbros. A darker 

 Warbler was seen twice in Imbros and once in Milos ; it 

 skulked so persistently that it could not be identified, and 

 all efforts to secure a specimen were failures. 



Phylloscopus coUybita collybita. C biff chaff'. 



c^. Milos, 28. xi. 15. ? . Milos, 11. i. 16. 



On 28 November, dui'ing a spell ot" very cold weather, 

 three Chiffchafts were seen in INIilos. They appeared to 

 have just arrived, and were searching for food along the 

 stone walls and low down in oleanders. Later, several were 

 seen among the pine-trees on the south side of the island. 

 None were seen in Lemnos. In Imbros on 11 January, 

 a lovely warm day, two were met with fly-catching from 

 higli oleanders on the banks of a stream, and one ^^as 

 secured. 



Phylloscopus collybita tristis. 

 ? . 14. i.l6. 



On 14 January a Siberian Chiff'chaff' was found with a 

 Great Tit and a Blue Tit searching the leafless branches of 

 a poplar-tree. 



Prunella modularis modularis. Hedge- S])ariow. 

 (J. Irabros, 27. xii. 15. 



Observed only at Imbros. Three were seen altogether 

 and one obtained. 



