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to the Mediterranean and in Asia east to the valley of the 

 Yenesei." 



11. ^Sylvia orphea jerdoni Blyth. 



This "Warbler was not uncommon in the Kara Dagh, 

 where I found five of their nests. At the lower levels 

 (about 3800-4000 ft.)^ where four of the nests were situated, 

 there were fresh eggs and newly-hatched young during the 

 last week of May. In the case of a nest found later on, at 

 4800 feet, the eggs were not laid till after June 8, The 

 clutches varied from four up to (in one case) six. Ibrouglit 

 home several of the eggs, which Mr. W. P. Py craft, on 

 their being submitted to him, was good enough to identify. 



A few Warblers of the genus Phylloscopus, also some Tits, 

 were seen at Scutari. 



12. "^Sitta neumayeri Michah. 



The Rock- Nuthatch was fairly common in the Kara Dagh, 

 where localities suited to its habits abounded. 



I found one of the remarkable nests of this bird on the 

 Goz Dagh on May 30. It was solidly built of mud or clay, 

 and shaped like a bowl, the top being placed against a 

 vertical rock-face, while the base of the bowl, narrowed and 

 elongated, and projecting horizontally, was pierced by the 

 entrance-hole, an inch or two in diameter. An overhanging 

 ledge sheltered the structure from the rain, while some nine 

 or ten feet of smooth vertical rock protected the Nuthatches' 

 dwelling from terrestrial marauders; but a peasant who 

 was with me succeeded in scrambling up (apparently by 

 his finger- and toe-nails — his feet were bare), and, thus 

 disturbed, five or six young Nuthatches flew out. 



During the first half of June a family of these birds, 

 parents and young, gave us great delight by frequenting 

 the camp at Deile, playing and feeding round the tents in 

 the most unconcerned way. 



13. Motacilla alba L. 



A family of adults and full-grown young White Wagtails 

 was seen beside a pond at Kumbet on the Tth of July. 



