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48. Ardea cinerea L. 



A colony o£ about 20 pairs nested on one large tree near 

 the river at Eski-Sheher. The young were apparently 

 mostly out o£ the egg by May 19, judging by the numbers 

 of shells strewn below. 



49. Ciconia alha Bechst. 



Very common in the plateau in some districts, especially 

 near Eski-Sheher and between that place and Konia, where 

 " great flocks '"' were observed on May 20. We passed, too, 

 on that day great numbers of corpses scattered in ones and 

 twos beside the railway-line. I have since heard, on the 

 authority of Mr. Edwin Whittall, of Constantinople, that the 

 Storks on their arrival in 1907 were unable to find sufficient 

 food, owing to the snow, which persisted much later than 

 usual. Great numbers perished, and next year — a normal 

 season — they were several weeks later than usual in arriving. 



At Kumbet, on July 7, two or three nests with well- 

 grown young were seen, built on platforms specially erected 

 on the house-tops for the encouragement of these Storks, 

 which are supposed to bring luck with them. 



50. Ciconia nigra L. 



One was seen on July 6 " in a cultivated valley with some 

 trees and a stream, some miles south-east of Saidi-Grhazi/' 



51. Tadorna casarca L. 



One, a drake, was seen on a small reedy pond at Kumbet 

 on July 7. 



52. ^Columha livia Bonn. 



Some of these birds nested at Zazadin Khan, where on 

 May 22 I found two eggs and two well-grown young birds 

 in the same nest; one other egg was also seen. 



In the Kara Dagh a colony of more than a score nested 

 in the cliffs on Goz Dagh. 



53. *TiirtTir sp. 



Turtle-Doves were pretty common in the Kara Dagh 

 among the oak-scrub. On June 13 I found a nest with 

 two young a few days old. 



