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Mr. F. N. Chasen on the 
[Ibis, 
Sylvia curruca. Lesser Whitethroat. 
Seen 7 April. Still in pairs 20 September. On 3 August 
a brood spent the greater part of tbe day picking up ants a 
few yards from the door of my bivouac. 
Turdus pilaris. Fieldfare. 
Seen from the beginning of January to the middle of 
March, but never in very large numbers. A small move¬ 
ment, apparently to the south, in January, small flocks flying- 
over Orljak in an intent manner. Single birds seen later were 
not at all shy. They spent their time grubbing about on the 
ground under cover of the bramble bushes and were loath 
to take wing. When poked out with a stick they would 
nlerely skim along the ground to the next cover. 
Turdus philomelos. Song-Thrush. 
Occasionally in February and March on the Struma plain. 
Turdus merula. Blackbird. 
Resident, but not very common. Several pairs bred near 
Karamatli. A nest with four eggs at Aracli, 14 April. 
This nest was in an extraordinary position. It was con¬ 
spicuously placed on a projecting root on the side of a gully, 
which was about three feet deep, the nest being therefore 
really below ground-level. This nest was subsequently 
destroyed by reason of the gully assuming its original 
function of a waterway after some heavy rain. 
Phcenicurus phcenicurus. Redstart. 
Common in summer arid especially numerous in Sep¬ 
tember ; 14 October and 1 November at Orljak. 
Phcenicurus gibraltariensis. Black Redstart. 
Frequent from November to March. At the beginning 
of December a number near the sea at Salonica (some tired 
Buzzards and a coasting-movement of Finches noted at the 
same time). November was the best month for them on 
the plain, but they rarely stayed in a given place for long 
and were usually met with alone or in pairs. 
