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Mr. F. N. Chasen on the 
[Ibis, 
Milvus milvus. Kite. 
A common resident, and as numerous on tbe level ground 
near Salonica as anywhere in the country. 
The Allied troops who occupied Macedonia during the war 
had a very different method of living to the former 
inhabitants. The roads, which were strewn with the carcasses 
of ponies and mules etc. when British troops arrived in the 
country, were speedily cleared up, and as all refuse was 
afterwards destroyed with military precision, the country 
rapidly became more clean. Such a state of affairs was not 
congenial to the Kites, and their numbers seemed to decrease 
as the campaign proceeded, but some could usually be seen 
near the villages retained by the inhabitants. 
Falco peregrinus. Peregrine Falcon. 
Seen several times on the Struma plain in January and 
February. 
Falco subbuteo. Hobby. 
Frequent in the summer. 
Falco aesalon. Merlin. 
Seen occasionally in winter (December and January). 
Falco tinnunculus. Kestrel. 
Resident and far from uncommon, but less numerous than 
the smaller F. naumanni. It is evenly distributed over the 
whole district, and could be seen on the plains, hills, and near 
the old walls of Salonica. Like other Accipitres, it was 
especially numerous in the Struma valley. A pair nested in 
the ravine at Orljak, the nest being placed on a receding 
ledge of the cliff, about fifty yards from the ground, and 
quite unapproachable from the top. It was my experience 
that this species did not breed in the villages and that the 
next species was the bird which bred commonly under the 
roofs of native houses. 
Falco naumanni. Lesser Kestrel. 
This is one of the most conspicuous of the Macedonian 
summer birds. It is quite common and breeds freely, is 
