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Egg-collecting in Asia Minor. 
During the fourteen days I spent in Asia Minor I travelled 
over a good deal of country, and utilized every hour possible 
in looking for nests. 
1 took the eggs of the following species :— 
(1) Black-eared Wheatear ( Saxicola albicollis). 
(2) Orphean Warbler (Sylvia orphea). 
(3) Olivaceous Warbler (Hypolais pallida). 
(4) Grey-backed Warbler (A'edonfa??iiliaris). 
(5) Penduline Titmouse (AEgithalus pendulinus). 
(6) Eastern Bock-Nuthatch (Sitta syriaca). 
(7) Woodchat-Shrike (Lanius pomeranus). 
(8) Masked Shrike (Lanius nubicus). 
(9) Swallow ( Hirundo rustica). ■ 
(10) Martin ( Chelidon urbica). 
(11) Goldfinch (Carduelis elegans). 
(12) Spanish Sparrow (. Passer salicicola). 
(13) Cretzschmar’s Bunting ( Emberiza ccesia). 
(14) Black-headed Bunting (Emberiza melanocepJiala). 
(15) Crested Lark ( Galerita cristata). 
(16) Short-toed Lark ( Calandrella brachydactyla). 
(17) Oalandra Lark (Melanocorypha calandra). 
(18) Common Jay (Garrulus glandurius). 
(19) Magpie (Pica rustica ). 
(20) Jackdaw (Corous monedula). 
(21) Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis). 
(22) Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus). 
(23) Lesser Kestrel (Falco cenchris). 
(24) Pygmy Cormorant (Phalaeroeorax pygmceus). 
(25) Great White Heron (Ardea alba). 
(26) Little Egret (Ardea garzetta). 
(27) Squacco Heron (Ardea ralloides). 
(28) Night-Heron (Nycticorax griseus). 
(29) White Stork (Ciconia alba). 
(30) Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus). 
(31) Bock-Dove (Columba lima). 
(32) Chukar Partridge (Caccabis chukar). 
(33) Common Coot (Fulica atra). 
(34) Common Crane (Grus communis). 
(35) Great Bustard ( Otis tarda). 
(36) Common Pratincole (Glareola pratincolci). 
(37) Kentish Plover (JEgialitis cantiana). 
(38) Lesser Binged Plover (JEgialitis curonica). 
(39) Oystercatcher (Heematopus ostralegus). 
(40) Common Tern (Sterna Jluviatilis). 
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