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1921.] Birds of Macedonia. 
Erithacus rubecula. Redbreast. 
Sufficiently rare to be noted when seen. A few near the 
Butkova River, 23 January. Others at intervals in winter. 
One at Sivri, 2 October. 
Luscinia megarhyncha. Nightingale. 
Common summer bird. Noticed 5 April, 1916 at Kopriva. 
Singing well, 14 April. Several nests in June, a large pro¬ 
portion of the eggs being light in colour. By 4 July broods 
in spotted plumage were bopping about the thickets. In 
1917 the first record was 7 April, on which date a bird was 
singing lustily in the evening. I was much impressed with 
the very sedentary habits of this species. In several cases a 
pair appeared in April in a small piece of cover, quite 
isolated from other vegetation, reared their young there, and 
could always be seen in the same small area until the time 
for departure arrived in.the autumn. The Nightingales at 
Kopriva were still in their secluded corners on 15 September. 
Saxicola rubetra. Wliinchat. 
Plentiful in autumn, especially the first week in September, 
when they outnumbered the Stonechats. 
Saxicola rubicola. Stonechat. 
A common resident, wintering in selected localities at 
intervals along the Seres Road and on the border of the 
plain. All the birds I saw in winter were quite adult and 
in pairs. I formed the opinion that birds of the year 
did not stay in the country. The parents of a brood seen 
on 5 August were very dark in colour and not in the least 
brown or reddish on the underparts. The voice was that of 
the present species. 
(Enanthe cenanthe. Wheal ear. 
A common bird in Macedonia, where there are large tracts 
of country suited to its requirements. It spends the greater 
part of the year in the country, being seen from the end of 
March to October. I 11 the blizzard of the 29th of March 
Wheat-ears were running about in the snow at Lahana. 
