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Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo ferox). 



On May 14th one flew over Krithia ; on July 11th I saw one 

 on Imbros. I got to know this bird in Egypt. 



Eough-legged Buzzard (Archibuteo lagopus). 



Almost daily in November several beat up and down the high 

 land on either side of the Gully Bavine ; I saw a fine male from 

 a,bove on December 1st, as it flew along the cliff-side, and there 

 were several others about. 



[Sparrow-Hawk (Accipiter nisus). 



I think birds I saw in July and December, and on Lemnos in 

 January, were undoubtedly of this species.] 



Hobby (Falco subbuteo). 



Two frequently seen in June, July, and August ; they were 

 usually to be seen about some tall trees which sheltered a 

 quartermaster's stores near the Krithia Nullah. 



Eleanora's Falcon (Falco eleanora). 



One on August 8th, over the Krithia Nullah, near the 

 Hobbies' trees. 



Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) . 



Very common throughout the year. Seen on Lemnos. 



Lesser Kestrel (Falco cenchris). 



Common on the Peninsula in summer. I got an excellent 

 view of the male on Imbros on July 9th and 11th. 



Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carlo). 



Twice seen flying over the Gully Bavine in August and 

 November. Several in Mudros Harbour, Lemnos, in September, 

 December, and January. 



Squacco Heron (Ardea ralloides). 



On May 19th I saw one in a little marsh on the west of the 

 Krithia Nullah, and again on the next day, when I twice saw it 

 perched in a tree ; troops were all round the few acres of marsh 

 it was in, and shells fell there not infrequently, and I did not 

 see it again. I became familiar with this bird near Cairo, where 

 I saw numbers in April. 



White Stork (Ciconia alba). 



A flock of twenty-five or thirty on May 12th and 13th ; Mr. 

 J. L. Bonhote tells me that on May 13th he saw many thousands 

 passing slowly north, near Suez, a few of which settled and went 

 on early next day. On May 17th a flock of forty-eight passed 



