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me to approach within a few feet. I saw no other species of 

 Accentor. 



Great Titmouse (Parus major). 



Seen in June and August, when they were not uncommon in 

 the trees on the French side ; three or four on December 6th in 

 a fir on the north-west side. One e on Imbros on July 9th. 



Sombre Titmouse (Parus lugubris). 



I got an excellent view of three on May 29th in the centre of 

 the Peninsula. They were very tame birds and I saw both male 

 and female well. 



Blue Titmouse (Parus cceruleus) . 



One on December 8th on a tree on the cliff-side. 



Wren (Troglodytes parvulus) . 



I saw none until November 24th, when there was one in some 

 scrub by the Gully Eavine ; I saw odd birds several times 

 during the first fortnight of December in different parts of the 

 Eavine. 



White Wagtail (Motacilla alba). 



First seen on August 11th — four birds in theKrithia Nullah. 

 On October 16th there were many hundreds all over the Penin- 

 sula, but by November 8th there were comparatively few ; there 

 were always a fair number to be seen throughout November and 

 December, although on November 30th (during the cold weather) 

 only about six were seen during a walk from one end of our part 

 of the Peninsula to the other ; they increased in numbers again 

 a few days later. 



Not uncommon on Lemnos at the end of December and in 

 January — sometimes as many as twenty together. 



Grey Wagtail (Motacilla melanope). 



On November 11th there were two in the Gully Eavine, and 

 several were always to be seen there in November and December. 



Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flav a ?and others). 



A small flock on August 19th ; common by August 22nd and 

 in large numbers from then until I left the Peninsula on Sep- 

 tember 5th. Several species were evidently represented ; some 

 had white eye-stripes, others pale saffron, and many had yellow 

 eye- stripes ; they varied greatly in the amount of yellow in their 

 plumage and in the colour of the head. Most of them were, I 

 think, young birds. 



