373 Mr. L. N. G. Ramsay on the 



avifauna of the Kara Dagli (see introductory section), but 

 any notes from other districts are also included. The list 

 of birds found in the Kara Dagh (marked with a *) numbers 

 thirty-three. Of the remaining twenty-seven, eight which 

 were only seen in the coastal district near Constantinople, 

 are placed in brackets. 



Among points of interest may be mentioned the extension 

 of the known breeding-ratige of Sturnus unicolor, notes on 

 the nesting-habits and song of Melanocorypha bimaculata, 

 and on the nesting of Cossypha gutturalis, hitherto almost 

 unknown. 



1. ^Turdus mernla L. 



Several were seen and heard singing in the woods and 

 hedgerows near Scutari in early May. 



In the Kara Dagh, the Blackbird was not uncommon 

 on some of the higher slopes covered with oak trees and 

 scrub. On May 26 one of the men led me to a nest of this 

 species, containing two young birds about four days old. 

 It was built on the broken stump of a small oak tree in the 

 woods near the summit of the highest ridge, at an altitude 

 of perhaps 6800 feet. 



2. *Monticola saxatilis L. 



This species frequented the dry rocky mountain-sides 

 which are so abundant in the Kara Dagh. It was less 

 numerous than its congener next to be mentioned. On 

 May 30 I saw a pair of old birds carrying food in their 

 bills, and on June^lO a family of young birds were seen, just 

 able to fly, accompanying their parents, at about 4500 feet. 



3. ■^Monticola cyanus L. 



The Blue Bock-Thrush was not uncommon in the Kara 

 Dagh, frequenting localities similar to those favoured by 

 M. saxatilis ; I seldom observed it below 4000 feet. The 

 sweet whistling of one of the male birds among the crags 

 on the Goz Dagh t was one of the most beautiful sounds 

 I remember hearing in Nature. 



t One of the outlying peaks of the Kara Dagh. 



