390 Mr. H. Saunders on the 



157. Machetes puqnax (Liuu.). 



A RufF was hanging up iu the market at Pau ou the I6th 

 of March. 



158. ToTANUs HYPOLEUcus (Linn.). 



The Common Sandpiper was observed on several occasions 

 on the mountain-streams. Both the Wood- and the Green 

 Sandpiper occur on passage, but Lacroix's statement that the 

 latter breeds in the Pyrenees is probably incorrect ; I have 

 seen the eggs which he ascribes to this species, and they are 

 those of the Common Sandpiper. 



159. ToTANus CALiDiiis (Limi.). 



160. ToTANus ruscus (Linn.). 



The Common Redshank was obtained at St. Jean-de-Luz 

 on the 14th of March; and on the 16th of April a Spotted 

 Redshank in its black breeding-plumage was seen, but unfor- 

 tunately was not shot. 



161. LiMosA ^GOCEPHALA (Linn.). 



A good many Black-tailed Godwits were obtained on 

 passage on the 3rd of March. 



162. NuMENius ARQUATA (Linn.). 



The Curlew is tolerably common in the lower districts in 

 winter, and has been known to breed near Capvern, where, 

 according to Philippe, a female was taken with two eggs 

 (which he describes accurately), on the 10th of May, 1838. 



163. Larus ridibundus, Linn. 



164. Larus melanocephalus, Natt. 



Our Brown-headed Gull was common on the Nivelle and 

 in the Bay of St. Jean-de-Luz during the winter and up to 

 the beginning of March 1882. Then, first a few and after- 

 wards about a score of the Adriatic Black-headed Gulls made 

 their appearance on the bay, and by the 6th of ]March they 

 had completely replaced the former species. They frequented 

 the mouth of the harbour, close by the custom-house, where 

 it was impossible to shoot them, although I wanted a speci- 

 men badly for the purpose of convincing a sceptic ; but 

 nothing could be easier than their identification, the pure 



