140 Mr. S. B. Wilson's Notes 



Creeper on Sal^ve, a mountain close to Geneva, celebrated aa 

 a breeding-place for Neophron percnopterus, and on which, in 

 winter, the Snow Finch and Alpine Accentor are also to be 

 found. Some interesting observations by Dr. Girtanner, on 

 the bringing-up of a family of this bird, are to be found in 

 the Proc. Nat. Hist. Society of St. Gall for 1867-68. 



Chrysomitris citrinella. " Venturon,^' " Citronen- 

 zeitis:.^' 



Leaving Chaux-de-Fonds early on the 28th May, we 

 arrived at the small village of Gennevys-sur-Coffrane about 

 6 A.M., and began to ascend through the glades of pine-forests 

 Our first find was a nest of Parus ater, with five eggs ; and, 

 perched on a bush close by, we observed a fine male of Lanius 

 collu7'io, in whose song we recognized imitations of the Lark 

 and Linnet. These woods are a great place for Woodcocks, 

 and on the way my friend, a sportsman as well as naturalist, 

 showed me the place where many a " becasse " had met its 

 death. Our chasseur brought us a Sparrow-hawk's nest with 

 five eggs, two Ring OuzeFs with five eggs in each, and a 

 Linnet's nest. 



After breakfast, at an altitude of 3000 feet, we began our 

 search in earnest for the Citril Finch, of which we soon ob- 

 served a pair, pecking about on the ground, collecting materials 

 for a nest. A few minutes afterwai'ds we saw a nest placed 

 high up in a spruce-fir, at the extreme end of a branch ; the 

 chasseur climbed up and brought down the nest, with three 

 eggs. This nest, which contained several feathers of the 

 Nutcracker, was cup-shaped, and constructed chiefly of dry 

 grass-stems, moss, and thistledown, woven together with fine 

 roots and hair, lined with thistledown and feathers. Another 

 nest contained no feathers, being lined entirely with thistle- 

 down. A third was lined entirely with hair, and very little 

 thistledown had been used in its construction. 



After lunch we found two more nests, with three and five 

 eggs respectively, both placed at the extreme end of a bough. 

 Then we came upon a Ring Ouzel with five young, killed by 

 the snow; soon after, a Buzzard passed quite close to us; 



