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numerous all over the plain : builds under eaves ; the nest is made of 

 mud, straw, and coarse large feathers, neatly lined with fine hay, 

 over which there is a layer of feathers ; eggs four, white, speckled 

 with brown. 



Lanius CoUitrio, Linn. One specimen, a male, procured April 

 20. Found in the stomach Coleopterous insects. A second, a female, 

 procured May 4 : found in the stomach worms, Sec. Total length 

 7 inches. A small number seen together in a burying-ground. 



Muscicapa grisola, Linn. Found in the stomach insects. Very 

 conmion in May, in the burying-grounds, and also in fields. 



Muscicapa luctuosa, Temm. Procured April 8. Found in the 

 stomach insects. Shot in a burying-ground. No others have been 

 seen. 



Turdiis merula, Linn. Procured March 28. Found in the sto- 

 mach insects. Observed from March 28 to April 7 about burying- 

 grounds, &c. Said to be common in winter both at Tortoom and 

 Trebizond. 



Turdus pilaris, Linn. Procured April 1. Found in the stomach 

 beetles. Only one seen ; on moist ground. 



*Tw'diis musicus, Linn. Procured March 28. Found in the sto- 

 mach Coleopterous insects. Seen from March 23 to April 19 : fre- 

 quents the gai'dens and ditches near town, and also the roofs of 

 houses. Common. Said to be numerous at Tortoom in Februarj'. 



Petrocincln saxatilis, Vig. Procured April 19. Found in the 

 stomach insects. Iris brown ; bill and legs dusky. Total length 

 8*5 inches. Found near the river, on moist ground. Another was 

 seen April 22 in a burying-ground near the town. 



Sylvia Hippolais, Temm. Found in the stomach small insects. 

 There are two varieties, both of Avhich were sent on a former occasion. 



'^Curruca cinerea, Beciist. Procured May 11. Found in the 

 stomach insects. Total length 5'5 inches. Only two seen ; one in a 

 ditch, and the other in a burying-ground. 



Salicaria phragmitis, Selby. Procured May 11. Found in the 

 stomach insects. Frequent bogs and other moist localities. 



Phaniciira Tithj/s, Jard. and Selb. Procured April 17- Found in 

 the stomach small Coleoptcra. The only specimen found. Bill and 

 legs black. 



^Phaniciira Suecica, Jard. and Selb. Procured March. Found 

 in the stomach small insects. Common about rills from March 28 

 to April 22. Total length 5*7 inches. Subject to several varieties 

 of plumage. 



Saxicola rubicola, Bechst. Procured April 19. Found in the 

 stomach small Coleoptera. Burying-grounds, and the vicinity of 

 moist ditches. Common. Seen from 19th of April to the present time. 



Alauda arborea, Linn. Procured April 19. Found in the stomach 

 insects. Shot in a burying-ground adjoining the town : only one seen. 



Alauda ? Var. Albino, of a species we sent in the first 



box. No other lark except the Alauda penicillata has been seen 

 this winter. 



Parus cceruleus, Linn. Procured February 17- Bill black, with 



