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Kite round St. Jean-de-Luz, where I had formerly seen that 

 bird every day in winter and early spring. 



Against the sky-line and the woods, near Luchon, we saw 

 some birds of prey which we could not identify. They were 

 neither Eagles nor Vultures, and I am inclined to think that 

 they may have been Honey-Buzzards, for this species looks 

 very large on the wing. 



Falcg peregrinus, Tunstall. 



The Peregrine was well seen near Puigcerda. Again, while 

 waiting for the train at Pierrefitte, above Argeles-Gazost, we 

 had a long view of a bird of this species, and it will be 

 remembered that above Pierrefitte there is a large colony of 

 Choughs, to which the Peregrine is very partial, in default 

 of Pigeons. 



FaLCO TINNUNCULUS, L. 



The Kestrel was generally distributed. 



CiCONIA ALBA, L. 



A Stork was seen near a lonely farmhouse between 

 Figueras and Rosas. 



TuRTUR COMMUNIS, Sclby. 



The Turtle-Dove was seen at Prades, Banyuls, Puigcerdd, 

 and on the summit of the Col de Puymorens (6200 ft.). 



Tetrao urogallus, L. 



The Capercaillie is not uncommon in the fir-woods above 

 Ax. In the early morning of May 27th three cock-birds 

 were calling {' chant ant ') : one rather small, with little tuft, 

 and one much larger, witli a fine beard; the third we did not 

 see. Several hens were in attendance. 



All the evidence that we were able to collect is that the 

 Black Grouse {T. tetrix) does not exist, even in the eastern 

 portion of the Pyrenees. There is no local example in the 

 Perpignan Museum. 



The Hazel-Grouse {Bonasa betulina) is unknown in the 

 eastern half of the Pyrenees, and M. Maurice Gourdon of 

 Luchon told us that in his many years' experience he had 

 only shot one (a hen, which he showed us) and seen another. 



