Gl Mr. II. M. Wallis on the Birds 



have taken eggs very liard-set as early as the 29th of April. 

 This is a rare bird, except in one or two favoured localities ; 

 in these it is very common. It does not appear to breed below 

 2500 feet, and ascends for this purpose up to 5000 feet. 



[To be continued.] 



Y. — Notes on the Birds of the Central Pyrenees. 

 By H. M. Wallis. 



The following observations were made in May and June 

 1894, in the district east of Pau and Eaux-Chaudes and west 

 of Luchon and Bagneres-de-Bigorre. A week was spent on 

 the Spanish side of the range in the glens at the foot of Pic 

 Perdu, and the rest of the time was passed on the French 

 frontier. I carried no gun. 



1. TuRDUs Musicus, Liuu. 



I heard the Song-Thrush at Eaux-Bonncs, and again in the 

 Valle de Ara * on the Spanish side, where in the late after- 

 noons it sang cheerily among the pine- woods. 



2. TuRDUS MERULA, Linn. 



The Blackbird was noticeable at Eaux-Bonnes and as far 

 up the Gave-de-Pau as St. Sauveur. At Argeles-de-Bigorre 

 I found a nest with five eggs. 



3. TuRDUS TORQUATUS, LiuU. 



I met with Ring-Ouzels at the edge of the timber-line 

 above Gavarnie. Young birds were on the wing by June 

 16th. 



4. TuRDus PILARIS, Liuu. 



We came upon a single Fieldfare on June 6th in a copse 

 of stunted beeches near the edge of the timber-line above 

 Gavarnie, i. e. about 5700 feet above sea-level. 



The bird flew over my companion's head, uttering its alarm- 

 note — a call with which he had become fairly familiar during 

 a six weeks' tour in Norway in the nesting-season. He called 

 to me and began hunting for a nest, almost immediately 

 finding one in the fork of a gnarled beech about 4 feet from 

 * Al?o known as Valle de Ordesa and Yal d'Arazas. — II. ^I. W. 



