388 Mr. H. Saunders on the 



138. Rallus AQUATicus, Linn. 



139. PORZANA MARUETTA (Lcach). 



Both the Water- Rail and Spotted Crake were common and 

 resident in suitable localities near St. Jean-de-Luz, where I 

 shot several. 



140. Crex pratensis, Bechst. 



The Land-Rail was obtained at St. Jean-de-Luz as early as 

 the beginning of March. 



141. Gallinula chloropus (Linn.). 



The Moorhen is tolerably common and resident in the low 

 grounds. 



The Coot [Fulica atra) is abundant on the etangs at the 

 foot of the Eastern Pyrenees; but that district does not 

 come within the limits of the present paper. 



142. Grus communis, Bechst. 



The Cranes passed northwards towards the end of February ; 

 on the 10th of March, 1882, Mr. Seebohm and I witnessed 

 the passage of a Merlin, a Peregrine, eight Kites, and a 

 Crane crossing the shoulder of La Rhune simultaneously ; 

 the latter was going full speed in a north-easterly direction. 



143. Otis tarda, Linn. 



144. Otis tetrax, Linn. 



The Great Bustard is not uncommon on passage in the 

 Lower Pyrenees, and I believe it still breeds in the Landes 

 to the north of Bayonne; there are six specimens in the 

 Museum. The Little Bustard is a regular migrant on its 

 way to and from La Vendee, where it breeds in considerable 

 numbers. 



145. (Edicnemus scolopax (Gmel.). 



The Stone-Curlew, known in the Lower Pyrenees by the 

 misleading name of Poule de Carthage, was fairly common 

 about St. Jean-de-Luz in winter. 



146. Charadrius pluvialis, Linn. 



A few Golden Plover came into the market at St. Jean- 

 de-Luz in the winter, and a tolerable number passed over, 

 but they were very wild. 



