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dark red stems made thick covert on the steep hillsides. It was 
being ruthlessly cut for charcoal. Judas trees were coming 
into flower, Madonna lilies and a purple Awbrietia grew in 
cleft rocks. There were sweet-smelling violets, a small iris, and 
grape hyacinths, none of which grew lower down. A bird of 
prey remains unidentified, but no one need be ashamed of being 
baffled by a Hawk. A pair seemed to have a nest in the rocks, 
and flew round and round in great excitement with cries like 
those of a Kestrel, though less shrill. They had rounded tails, 
and were chiefly of a sandy grey colour. Some that I saw from 
the cliffs at Pergamon appeared to be of the same species. 
April 11th.— Swifts (Cypselus apus) arrived to-day. Six or 
eight were flying round the temple columns. 
April 12th.—I saw a Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). 
Also in the river bed Lhad a good view of a new Wheatear (Saai- 
cola morio), the Eastern form of S. lugens. It perched on a 
tree, flew up and down and returned to the branch. The other 
Wheatears, of which I think S. melanoleuca is the commonest, 
have increased, and many pairs are in the gullies above the 
house. 
April 18th.—A Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus) looking for 
insects in some bushes. 
April 14th.—I left Sardis. Riding to the station I added 
a last bird to my list: a Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio). 
This made seventy-five species identified. 
