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which, were it in Englaucl; would support its thousands of 

 Wood-Pigeons. 



78. Caccabis rufa (Linn.). 



The only time 1 saw Red-legged Partridge was whilst 

 scrambling over fallen rock in a barren desolate glen at the 

 back of Pic Buderans, say 6000 feet up. A pair of, I think, 

 Bearded Vultures had just passed along the cliff overhead, 

 amidst the silence of all bird-life, and when the glen was 

 relieved of them I caught the chuckling call-note — remin- 

 iscent of Suffolk stubbles — from a tumbled scree close at 

 hand. Out came the cock from his cre\ice, stood erect, 

 stretched his neck and called again, was answered by his 

 mate from some other crevice, and both, spreading their red 

 tails, took wing with a whir. 



79. Lagopus mutus (Moutin). 



A couple of Ptarmigan were burrowing into the edge of 

 the drift upon the top of Pic de Bergons, say 6790 feet, on 

 June 1st. I saw droppings upon the snow elsewhere. 



The Capercaillie I did not see. One evening at St. Sauveur 

 I met a heavily-armed young fellow on his way to the pine- 

 forest above Pragneres. He explained his system : he would 

 reach the pines after sunset, lie awake until in the dusk 

 before sunrise he heard " chanter le Coq de bruyere," where- 

 upon he would, &c. As a matter of fact he returned empty- 

 handed, and I was told " que le Coq de bruyere ne chantait 

 pas tous les jours." 



VI. — Additional Notes on Tunisian Birds. 

 By Joseph I. S. Whitaker, F.Z.S.* 



Having this year made another trip in the Regency, and 

 added some interesting specimens to my collection of Tunisian 

 birds, I think it desirable that I should supplement my 

 previous paper with a few more field-notes, and with a list of 

 the species obtained by me this year other than those included 

 in my former list. 



* For former notes see ' Ibis,' 1894, p. 78. 



