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more than once that they were the only small birds to be 
seen on the upper slopes during a nor'easter. 
Dr. Hartert is doubtful of the subspecies of my specimen, 
although it is a good skin, and considers a series necessary 
to determine this. 
Fringilla ccelebs ccelebs. Chaffinch. 
S . Novorossisk, 10 . ii. 20 . 
Fairly common, several always being noted during a walk 
along the hillsides. 
Fringilla montifringilla. Brambling. 
S . Novorossisk, 2. ii. 20. 
? . Novorossisk, 7. ii. 20. 
Perhaps the commonest species, large flocks constantly 
frequenting the vicinity of the town. During the noPeaster 
they would become so tame that they could be caught by 
hand, and large numbers died of cold. They had all dis¬ 
appeared by 12 March. 
Passer domesticns domesticns. House-Sparrow. 
Common in the town. 
Emberiza cia cia. Meadow-Bunting. 
S . Novorossisk, 8 . ii. 20. 
Rather uncommon, but regularly seen. 
Melanocorypha calandra. Calandra Lark. 
? . Novorossisk, 12. iii. 20. 
This species was not observed before 12 March. On 
this day, while seated at my window, I saw a flock of some 
forty of these birds come northwards up the bay, evidently 
on migration. Taking 1113 ' collecting-gun, I went in search 
of them on the hillside, where I presently found them 
sheltering behind bushes, and succeeded in obtaining one 
specimen. 
I see that Mr. P. J. C. McGregor, writing in ‘The Ibis ’ 
(1917, p. 10) notes 10 March as the first date in 1910 of 
the occurrence of this species at Erzerum, which is 300 miles 
south of Novorossisk. 
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