386 On the Bird-Life of the Anatolian Plateau. 



In cultivated laud near Kumbet I saw eight or ten 

 Turtle-Doves on July 7. 



I am unable to say with certainty to which of the three 

 species breeding in Asia Minor [T. communis, T. senegalensis, 

 and T. camhayensis) these birds belonged, although I put them 

 down at the time as T. communis. 



54. Pterocles arenarius Pall. 



I shot a Sandgrouse of this species in the plains near 

 the Kara Dagh. It was one of a party of six or eight. In 

 this district similar small parties were not uncommon. 



Three hard-set eggs of a Sandgrouse were brought to 

 me from the plains on June the 12th, and another, nearly 

 fresh, about the 23rd. 



55. ^Caccabis chukar Gray. 



Common all over the Kara Dagh. They are very wary, 

 owing to the persecutions of the villagers, who stalk them 

 persistently with their old guns, even in the nesting season. 

 The males (?) have a habit of sitting on guard on a promi- 

 nent rock, where they cluck away to their mates in the 

 bushes — hence the Turkish name " keklik.'" 



I found two nests with fresh eggs near the end of May, 

 one built under a bush, the other in a tuft of green herbage 

 on an open gravelly slope. Other fresh eggs were brought 

 to me later, during June. 



56. Vanellus vulgaris Bechst. 



Between Eski-Sheher and Konia several parties of Lap- 

 wings of a few pairs each, w^ere seen from the train on 

 May 20, in marshy districts. 



57. Himantopus candidus Bonnat. 



On May 23 a pair were seen by a sluggish stream in a 

 marshy part of the plain between Konia and the Kara 

 Dagh; *' from their behaviour, they did not seem, to have 

 eggs or young." 



[58. Hydrochelidon hybrida Pall. 



This and other species of Terns and Gulls were seen on 

 the Bosphorus in May.] 



