THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 898.— April 15th, 1916. 



BIRDS SEEN DURING THE DARDANELLES 

 CAMPAIGN. 



By Captain A. W. Boyd, M.A., F.E.S. 



During the Dardanelles campaign I kept note of the species 

 of birds seen, and with the help of Messrs. J. L. Bonhote and 

 M. J. Nicoll, of Cairo, and Mr. T. A. Coward, have subsequently 

 been able to determine the species of the majority of those which 

 were new to me ; the impossibility of collecting any specimens 

 has, however, made the identification of quite a number entirely 

 out of the question, and this refers particularly to the Warblers. 

 I was present on the Gallipoli Peninsula from May 5th to Sep- 

 tember 5th and from October 16th to December 27th, 1915, and 

 on a boat anchored off the Cape from September 5th to 13th ; on 

 Lemnos from December 28th, 1915, to January 15th, 1916 ; and 

 on Imbros, July 9th to 13th, 1915. I include in the following 

 notes the birds seen on these two islands. 



On our arrival in May, migration was still going on and con- 

 tinued till after the middle of the month, when there was a very 

 noticeable movement of Shrikes ; from that time there was little 

 movement till the second week in August, but by the end of that 

 month migration was in full swing : Short-toed Larks and Yellow 

 Wagtails were passing in great numbers ; a few Hoopoes and 

 Bee-eaters appeared ; and Swallows were present in greatly 

 increased numbers. I was unfortunately absent from the Penin- 

 sula during the latter half of September and the first half of 

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