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1921.] Birds of Macedonia. 
Scolopax rusticola. Woodcock. 
In winter this bird is as numerous as the keenest sports¬ 
man could wish it to be. 
Hydrochelidon nigra. Black Tern. 
Terns seen on the Struma from June onwards were mostly 
of this species. I was shown eggs, taken from islands in the 
river, but could not identify them from memory as being 
assuredly Black Tern’s. Major Sladen met with thousands 
of these Terns at Lake Ardzan, preparing to breed in May, 
and later had eggs sent to him from this place. 
On the 4th of May—when travelling by train from Salonica 
towards Larissa—I passed two places well stocked with Terns. 
One place was on the marshes, near the point at which the 
railway crosses the Yardar (Karasuli, apparently where they 
are common, according to Major Sladen), and the other—a 
smaller colony—yet further from Salonica. From their 
behaviour at both these places I should say that the Terns 
contemplated breeding. 
[Gulls. — Black-headed Gulls on the Struma from 
December to March were—I am almost sure —Larus 
ridibundus. Larger Gulls at Salonica throughout the 
winter (sp. ?).] 
Gallimila chloropus. Moorhen. 
A few that frequented a reed-bed near Ormanli in winter 
were the shyest birds I have ever met with. 
Fulica atra. Coot. 
Abundant on the rivers in winter. In January 1917 the 
Butkova River was swarming with Coots. 
Puffinus kuhlii. Mediterranean Shearwater. 
Gulf of Salonica in October. 
Podiceps cristatus. Great Crested Grebe. 
Plenty on the Struma in January. 
