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took to be these birds migrated southwards over us at Suvla in 

 October. They first appeared on October 13th and 14th, flying 

 in huge flocks and very high, though their loud clanging note, 

 which seemed as if it might be uttered in surprise on seeing 

 Gallipoli so transformed, was very distinctly audible. They 

 flew in a rough V-shaped formation, and usually came over us 

 in the morning or evening. They were freely fired at, but I 

 only heard of one being brought down, and that was at Anzac» 

 Some more passed on October 20th and 21st, in smaller flocks,^ 

 twenty to a hundred birds in each. I find that Captain Boyd 

 took them all as Storks {Ciconia alba), and definitely identified 

 some as such, though many flew too high to be identified, or 

 came over at dusk. Eeferring to various books, I find that both 

 species might have been migrating about that time, but cannot 

 find any definite dates. The size of the flocks and their note 

 make me still inclined to think that many were Cranes. It 

 would be interesting if any one could give us any further 

 information from previous experience or from birds brought 

 down on Gallipoli, and so clear the matter up. 



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