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throughout the winter^ and was abundant in the Val d^Aspe 

 in March, also in the Eastern Pyrenees in November. The 

 Cirl Bunting was common about St. Jean-de-Luz from De- 

 cember to April, and during a snow-storm on the 10th of 

 March there were numbers in a small garden in front of the 

 Hotel de la Poste at St. Jean-de-Luz, and even on the paved 

 street with the Sparrows. 



71. Emberiza hortulana, Linn. 



The Ortolan Bunting was identified at Argel^s on the 23rd 

 of March, when, after unusually warm weather, a sudden 

 change tool; place, followed by snow ; and very surprised and 

 miserable the poor migrants seemed to be. 



72. Emberiza cia, Linn. 



The Meadow-Bunting is resident in the Lower Pyrenees, 

 and appears to be the most abundant of the genus. 



73. Emberiza schosniclus, Linn. 



The Reed-Bunting appeared in small flocks about St. Jean- 

 de-Luz on the 7th of February, some of the males being in 

 the fullest breeding-plumage at that date. 



74. Alauda arvensis, Linn. 



75. Alauda arborea, Linn. 



The Sky-Lark was observed in the Basque Provinces 

 throughout the winter, and immense flights were observed 

 passing northwards in March. The Wood-Lark was much 

 rarer during the same month. 



76. Alauda cristata, Linn. 



A few Crested Larks were seen strutting about the roads 

 and paths near St. Jean-de-Luz from the 6th of February 

 onwards, but this species did not appear to be numerous 

 up to the time of my departure in April. In the Eastern 

 Pyrenees it was common in November. 



77. Melanocorypha calandra (Linn.). 



The Calandra Lark began to make its appearance at 

 St. Jean-de-Luz in small numbers by the end of March; in 

 Navarre it was seen earlier and was more abundant. 



