98 On the Ornithology of Asia Minor. 
capped range of Olympus. Here we found Marsh-Tits (Parus 
palustris) for the first time, also Shrikes (Lanius collurio) and 
Redstarts (Ruticilla mesoleuca). But there were more way- 
farers than birds, especially Circassian and Tatar refugees ; and 
presently there passed a Turk of rank, lolling in a spring-car- 
riage, with a bunch of primroses in one hand and a gay parasol 
in the other, his harem and household gods following in 
arabas of the lowest order. Other contrasts to his excellency 
were batches of disbanded unarmed soldiers, fine cheerful- 
looking fellows, who, after the fatigues of the campaign, were 
now trudging to their distant homes, ragged and penniless. 
At Kurshunlu the forest ceases, and the road is through an 
open valley to the small town of Aineh-gul. Here a lake 
has been laid down by Kiepert and other map-makers ; but 
there is certainly no lake there now, nor do any of the inha- 
bitants ever remember its existence. Probably the word 
‘* oil,” which by a slight difference in accentuation means 
either lake or rose, has been the sole warrant for piecing a 
sheet of water in this locality. 
‘Disappointed at not finding the collecting-ground anti- 
cipated, we pushed on, through Swiss-like scenery, by the 
side of Olympus to Aksoo and Kestel, and thence over a 
wooded plain to Broussa, reaching that most beautifully 
situated of Anatolian cities on the 25th of April. 
The woods of this district contain bears and red deer of 
large size; and the English consul, Mr. Gilbertson, informed 
us that Pheasants, though generally becoming scarce, were 
still eommon near Lake Apollonia, where a couple of guns 
had, last year, killed over sixty head in two or three days’ 
shooting. 
From Broussa to Mudania, on the coast, was about four 
hours’ drive ; and thence an overcrowded little steamer carried 
us to Constantinople in about five hours more, leaving us to 
pursue our homeward journey by way of Varna and the 
Danube. 
One of the first pieces of news which we heard in Con- 
stantinople was that our old assistant, William Pearse, had 
died in Cyprus, where he had gone to collect for the President 
