382 Mr. H. Saunders on the 



towards the end of January— ^statements wholly at variance 

 with what we know of its habits in Spain^ where it makes its 

 nests in tall trees and does not lay until March or April. 



101. Neophron percnopterus (Linn.). 



The Egyptian Vulture was observed on the Trois Couronnes 

 on the 8th of March, in pairs, and the species is generally 

 distributed throughout the Pyrenees from spring to autumn. 

 As I did not see it in the Eastern Pyrenees by the end of 

 October, it had probably left by that time. 



It may prevent error if I state here that, in Provence, one 

 of the local names for this Vulture is " Pelacan,'' which has 

 (not unnaturally) been rendered into English as " Pelican " 

 in Murray^s ' Guide to France.^ 



10.2. Gypaetus barbatus (Linn.). 



The Bearded Vulture was observed by me on every excur- 

 sion which I made in the mountains, from La Rhune to 

 Navarre, and a pair of the birds is to be found in nearly 

 every stack of rocks suitable for their nests. In the two 

 stupendous pillars of limestone known as " Las Dos Her- 

 manas " at Yrurzun they have bred from time immemorial, 

 and, excepting by Loche, of Algerian renown, they have never 

 been disturbed there. Going over the Pass of Lecumberri in 

 Navarre, I watched a pair indulging in amorous play in the 

 air on the 24th of February, and I am somewhat sceptical as 

 to the statements of several French winters as to its breeding 

 in January in the Pyrenees. That it does so in the south 

 of Spain I am well aware, eggs taken at Loja on the 2nd 

 of February having proved to be incubated. In the Eastern 

 Pyrenees the Bearded Vulture has become very rare of late 

 years. 



103. Circus ^ruginosus (Linn.). 



The Marsh-Harrier was observed on all the open valleys 

 of the lower districts of the Pyrenees. 



104. Circus cyaneus (Linn.). 



The Hen- Harrier was frequently seen quartering the 

 ground by the rivers and on the sides of the mountains up to 



