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seemed strange to find these birds — which I had 

 always been accustomed to regard as northern birds 

 — down here so far south, and to see how tame and 

 familiar they are compared with the wariness and 

 caution they display in England. Here in the 

 streets, and on a piece of waste ground outside the 

 town used as a rubbish heap, it was quite easy to 

 walk within a few yards of them. On this same 

 waste ground were many Wheatears and flocks of 

 Tree Sparrows, while along the river-banks were 

 White and Yellow Wagtails and Sandpipers. A 

 few Sandmartins were skimming over the river on 

 April 4. 



The museum has some good birds and mammals, 

 a group of Brown Bears killed in the mountains 

 about an hour's journey from the town being 

 excellent. But the rooms are too small for large 

 groups to be displayed to advantage. 



The railway from Serajevo to Gravosa, on the 

 Adriatic, is a fine bit of engineering, the line winding 

 round the mountains in zigzag curves. Through 

 Herzegovina especially the scenery is very im- 

 pressive. From the carriage window one sees a 

 constant succession of pictures of snow-clad moun- 

 tains, waterfalls, and rocky rivers. Occasionally an 

 Eagle may be seen suspended over the valleys, and 

 once a huge nest was seen in a small tree, not ten 

 feet from the ground, half-way up a steep hill- 



