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abundant in the same spots; but the present bird (which we 
had never seen in life before) is at once recognizable by the 
conspicuous white in the tail as it flits away. 
2. TURTUR RISORIUS. 
One of the most striking ornithological features of Con- 
stantinople, at the season when we visited it, is certainly the 
great numbers of Collared Turtledoves (Turtur risorius), 
which absolutely swarm all over Stamboul. You see them 
flying about the Golden Horn, and perching on the masts and 
rigging of the ships. The trees in the Seraglio gardens, and 
in the courts of the mosques, are alive with them; and we often 
saw them resting on the roofs of the houses in company with 
the tame Pigeons. They are not nearly so abundant in Pera 
or Galata as in Stamboul; and out in the country we never 
observed them at all. Mr. Taylor, in this Journal for 1864 
(p. 410), first called attention to the claim of Turtur risorius 
to a place in the list of European birds, having observed it in 
Constantinople in April of that year. M. Alléon subsequently 
(Rev. Zool. 1867, p. 5) published an article on the same 
subject. | 
One day when walking in the middle of the city of Stam- 
boul, Taylor was surprised to see an example of a very familiar 
old friend, the Egyptian Turtledove (Turtur senegalensis), 
perching on a wall just over his head. This species swarms 
all over Egypt, both in town and country, but was hardly ex- 
pected to be met with here. We were afterwards told by Mr. 
Pearse that it not unfrequently occurs; and we found a spe- 
cimen of it at Bebek College. 









3.. GARRULUS GLANDARIUS. 
We were on the look-out for Jays, which are found where- 
ever trees grow on the shores of the Bosphorus, in order to 
ascertain whether the ordinary form here is G. glandarius or 
the Black-headed G. krynickii. We saw them several times 
flymg about among the cypress trees in the great cemetery 
at Scutari, and also in other places in the environs of Con- 






the autumn migration. But there are several adult males in the Bebek 
College collection, besides the one mentioned above, which we saw. 

