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Mr. C. G. Danford on the 
30. Scops giu (Scopoli). 
From the beginning of March np to the time of our leav¬ 
ing the country the mournful monotonous note of this little 
Owl was heard all night long about the villages^ and some¬ 
times during daytime in the dark juniper-woods at Giaour keui. 
31. Jynx torquilla^ L. 
Rare; two specimens were shot at Anascha^ May 17th and 
April 6th. 
32. Gecinus viRinis (L.). Cham agri. 
Not common^ but well distributed in the oak- and fir-woods 
of the mountains. Perpetual stories were told us of the ex¬ 
istence of another sort of Cham agri^ whose throat was always 
described as being entirely red-. Rewards were offered and 
plenty of attempts made to procure a bird answering to this 
description; but as they resulted in nothing but P. viridis, 
the account of the existence of a red-throated Woodpecker 
in the Taurus may be regarded as apocryphal. The words 
Cham and agri mean fir and pain; so that the name is proba¬ 
bly a fanciful allusion to the cry of the bird^ as if it proceeded 
from a fir tree in distress. 
33. Dryocopus martius (L.). 
Rare, but occasionally seen, and oftener heard among cedars 
and upper fir-woods. 
34. Picus LiLPORDi, Sharpe & Dresser. 
Rather common, but local. The first specimen was shot in 
the beech-woods of Gozna; none were observed at Zebil; but 
a good series was obtained at Anascha. All have the white 
of the rump strongly barred with black. It is rather a shy 
bird, resembling in habits its close ally, P. leuconotus. Its 
note is also similar, being rather weak and not harsh. It is 
very fond of drumming on hollow trees, the noise made being 
something like the springing of a rattle. A nest found at 
Anascha April 9th was placed in a dead fir. The eggs were 
four in number, and were deposited about two feet below the 
entrance-hole. They were of the usual Woodpecker-type, 
but were unfortunately broken during the descent of the 
