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LONG-LEGGKD BuZZARD {BlltCO fevox). 



On May 14th one flew over Krithia; on July lltli I saw one 

 on Imbros. I got to know this bird in Egypt. 



Rough-legged Buzzard (Archibutco lagopus). 



Almost daily in November several beat up and down the high 

 land on either side of the Gully Ravine ; I saw a fine male from 

 above on December 1st, as it flew along the cliff-side, and there 

 were several others about. 



[Sparrow-Hawk {Accipiter nisiis). 



I think birds I saw in July and December, and on Lemnos in 

 January, were undoubtedly of this species.] 



Hobby {Falco suhhuteo). 



Two frequently seen in June, July, and August ; they were 

 usually to be seen about some tall trees which sheltered a 

 quartermaster's stores near the Krithia Nullah. 



Eleanora's Falcon {Falco cleanora). 



One on August 8th, over the Krithia Nullah, near the 

 Hobbies' trees. 



Kestrel [Falco iinnunculus) . 



Very common throughout the year. Seen on Lemnos. 



Lesser Kestrel {Falco cenchris). 



Common on the Peninsula in summer. I got an excellent 

 view of the male on Imbros on July 9th and 11th. 



Cormorant {Phalacrocorax carho). 



Twice seen flying over the Gully Ravine in August and 

 November. Several in Mudros Harbour, Lemnos, in September, 

 December, and January. 



Squacco Heron {Ardea ralloides). 



On May 19th I saw one in a little marsh on the west of the 

 Krithia Nullah, and again on the next day, when I twice saw it 

 perched in a tree ; troops were all round the few acres of marsh 

 it was in, and shells fell there not infrequently, and I did not 

 see it again. I became familiar with this bird near Cairo, where 

 1 saw numbers in April. 



White Stork {Ciconia alba). 



A flock of twenty-five or thirty on May 12th and 13th ; Mr. 

 J. L. Bonhote tells me that on May 13th he saw many thousands 

 passing slowly north, near Suez, a few^ of which settled and went 

 on early next day. On May 17th a flock of forty-eight passed 



