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133. Caccabis rufa (Liun. ). 



The Red-legged Partridge is now very rare on the French 

 side near St. Jean-de-Luz, and in the Eastern Pyrenees I 

 have seen but few. 



134. Perdix cinerea. Lath. 



Our Grey Partridge is a very local species, frequenting 

 the cultivated upland patches, and rarely moving far from the 

 spot. When brought in for sale, three of them may generally 

 be obtained for the price of a brace of Red-legs. 



The Quail {CoturnLv communis) is abundant on passage; 

 but I was not there during the time. 



135. Lagopus mutus, Leach. 



The Ptarmigan is by no means uncommon near the snow- 

 line. The most western locality, so far as I know, is about 

 the Pic d'Anie or Pic des Escaliers, in the higher part of the 

 Department of the Basses-Pyrenees. 



136. Bonasa betulina (Scop.). 



A Hazel-Grouse got up close to me in the woods of 

 Roncesvalles. This species is now becoming scarce on the 

 French side; and I was unable to obtain any trustworthy 

 information about it in Navarre or in Catalonia. Companyo 

 asserts that it is plentiful as far south as the province of 

 Valladolid in Spain. 



137. Tetrao urogallus, Linn. 



The Capercaillie occurs in the forests of the entire range, 

 but on the French side its numbers are rapidly decreasing ; I 

 have only seen it near Luclion. 



The Black Grouse {Tetrao tetrix) is said by Companyo to 

 be tolerably abundant in the moderately elevated portions of 

 the Eastern Pyrenees, where it is known to the Catalans by 

 the name of '' Cua furxude " or forked-tail. This species is 

 certainly unknown in the western part of the Pyrenees as far 

 as Luchou ; but considering the break of continuity in that 

 range to the east of the Port de Venasque, and the connexion 

 of the eastern portion with the Cevennes, it appears not im- 

 probable that Companyo's statement is correct, in spite of the 

 fact that Lacroix says nothing about this Grouse. 



