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the variety of material brouglit into it from the numerous 

 marshes between Perpignan and the sea on one side, and 

 from the mountainous regions further inland on the other. 



From Perpignan I proceeded to Vernet-les-Bains, a small 

 village and favourite French summer resort, snugly situated at 

 the base of Mont Canigou, at an elevation of about 2000 feet 

 above the sea-level. Fortunately the weather, for the first 

 two or three days, was all that could be desired, and obser- 

 vation was consequently easy. But before I left Vernet the 

 weather had become unsettled and exceedingly cold, and 

 snow, rain, and violent winds prevailed. 



At Vernet, too, I had the opportunity of looking over a 

 small collection of birds shot in the district, and from this, 

 though rapidly going to ruin (if not actually arrived there !), 

 I was able to m*,ke notes of several species which I had not 

 the good fortune to meet with alive. 



My next point of observation was the valley of the Tech, 

 lying immediately to the south of the Canigou range, 

 bordered again to the south by the Spanish frontier. Here 

 the nature of the ground is more rugged and wild, and 

 consequently the avifauna (in winter time at any rate) is less 

 varied and more restricted in numbers. 



Upon leaving the Tech valley, I again descended to Per- 

 pignan, and again visited the bird- market and explored the 

 flat, marshy region coiJtiguous to the sea. 



The following is a resume of my notes on the principal 

 species obtained or observed : — 



1. TuRDus viscivoRus (Liuu.). Missel Thrush. 



2. TuRDus Musicus (Linn.). Song Thrush. 



Both pretty abundant in the markets, but the latter less so. 



3. TuRDus iLiAcus (Liuu.) . Redwing. 



Not actually met with in the Pyrenees-Orientales, though 

 seen in the Narbonne market in the adjacent Department of 

 Aude. Lacroix, in his ' Catalogue Raisonne des Oiseaux 

 observes dans les Pyrenees Fran9aises,'' states that it is found 

 in this Department in winter. 



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