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I did not meet with the Brambling, but it is a well- 

 known visitor in hard winters ; a few were seen at Vevey 

 in January 1891. 



ACANTHIS CANNABINA (Linn.). 



The Linnet was building in the high Jura on May 23rd, 

 and I afterwards saw it on Chaumont, but it was not plen- 

 tiful. 



Pykrhula europ.ea, Vieillot. 



Only one, a male, seen on Chaumont, September 2nd. 

 Said to be common in winter near Vevey. 



LOXIA. CURVIROSTRA, LiuU. 



During the winter Crossbills might be seen in the gardens 

 of Lausanne as well as in the neighbouring woods. M. 

 Nicoud assured me that, in the Jura, he had found eggs in 

 December, and had seen the old birds feeding their young 

 by January 8th, but eggs may be looked for up to the 

 middle of April. Flocks passed over Chaumont on July 1st, 

 and subsequently family parties frequented the larches, the 

 light cones of which they carried off. Among spruces it is 

 not easy to see the birds, but on the larches they may easily 

 be recognized, even at a great height, by the sharply-forked 

 tail. 



A female Two-barred Crossbill {L. bifasciata) was observed 

 above Vevey towards the end of 1889 by Mr. E, Grand 

 d^Hauteville. 



Emberiza citrinella, Linn. 



Resident and plentiful, even in the streets of Vevey, &c. 

 In the Jura the Yellow Bunting nests in spruces (instead 

 of availing itself of banks and low bushes) ; probably to 

 escape the cats, which have a prowling-radius of at least 

 a mile around each chalet. 



The Cirl Bunting {E. cirlus) from the nest, as well as the 

 Ortolan {E. hortulana), have been obtained by Mr. E. Grand 

 d'Hauteville, near Vevey. 



Sturnus vulgaris, Linn. 



The Starling was first seen on February 27th, 1890, on the 

 meadows near Lausanne, where it afterwards became plen- 



