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



breast and flanks. These Sparrows were consorting with 

 their town-cousins about the station -buildings, although 

 Dresser (1902 and 1910) says they avoid human habita- 

 tions. 



23. ^Pringilla ccelebs L. 



It was very refreshing to hear the cheery song of the 

 Chafiinch one day towards the end of May, bringing 

 thoughts of home to the mind, as I was returning to camp 

 from the higher parts of the Kara Dagh. Two or three of 

 them were in song in a glen at between 5000 and 6000 feet 

 elevation. I saw no others. 



24. ^Emberiza miliaria L. 



Several Corn- Buntings were heard in and about Scutari in 

 the first half of May. On the journey from Constantinople 

 to Eski-Sheher on May 18 they were " pretty common in 

 the plateau, and were in evidence all the way up, except in 

 the very mountainous parts." 



Kara Dagh, June 10 : one heard in song at 4800 feet, 

 June 13 : several seen and heard a little above 5000 feet 

 (near the great crater). 



25. ^Emberiza melanocephala Scop. 



The Black-headed Bunting was not uncommon on the 

 slopes above Scutari. 



Near Eski-Sheher I saw several at Dorylaion, where the 

 plain for a long distance around was bare of any bush or 

 tree. 



In the Kara Dagh they were fairly common from the 

 base up to 5000 feet at least. I found five nests in all. 

 Four eggs appeared to be the full clutch, and these were 

 laid about the last week of May in the case of three nests 

 found about 4000 feet near Maden Sheherjbut later (second 

 week of June) in at least one of the two nests found about 

 1000 feet higher. These birds frequented rough ground 

 with bushes or scrub, and the nests were all built in bushes 

 at a height of from two to five feet. They were formed 

 chiefly of dry grasses, and not very substantially at that. 



