5358 Birds. 



Bullfinch [Loxia pyrrhula). Common in the woody part about 

 Baidar, &c. 



Starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Common and breeds ; not observed 

 till the middle of March. The Russians were in the habit of putting 

 up small boxes placed on poles for these birds to nest in, and were 

 very indignant if they saw any one shoot either the starling or the 

 rosecoloured pastor, taking care to make it understood that starlings 

 in general were unfit to eat. 



Rosecoloured Pastor {Pastor roseus). Migratory ; very common, 

 and generally seen among cattle; first seen on the 10th of May. 



Raven (Corvus corax). Common in the winter of 1854-5, but was 

 not so common latterly. 



Carrion Crow (C. corone). Seen occasionally. 



Hooded Crow (C. comix). Very common in winter; a few re- 

 mained to breed. The nests which I saw were on trees, within a few 

 feet of the ground. 



Rook (C.frugilegus). There was a rookery near Sebastopol, on the 

 road to Alouchta. 



Jackdaw (C. monedula). Very common throughout the year, and 

 bred in holes in the rocks at Inkermann, and in rocks along the 

 "Water Ravine." 



Magpie (C. pica). Common all the year, and bred. I once saw, 

 with the aid of a telescope, three of these birds waiting by a white- 

 tailed eagle, and, directly the eagle flew away, they pounced on 

 the remains of what he had been feeding on : I went up to the place, 

 and found the feathers and remains of a blackbird. It appeared to 

 me very extraordinary that an eagle should catch a blackbird, and if 

 he had caught it I should have thought he would have bolted it 

 without leaving a feather. 



Jay (C. glandarius). Found throughout the year in the woody 

 parts about Baidar. 



Spotted Woodpecker {Picus major). Common throughout the year 

 wherever there were any quantity of trees. 



Wren (Troglodytes europceus). Common throughout the year. 



Hoopoe {Vpupa epops). Migratory ; first seen on the 9th of April : 

 was very common, and bred. The young ones will live well in con- 

 finement if fed on soaked bread. 



Cuckoo {Cuculus canorus). Migratory ; first seen on the 24th of 

 April, and was quite as common as in England. 



Roller (Coracias garrula). Migratory ; first seen on the 1st of May ; 

 was very common, and bred in holes in the north bank of the Katcha, 



