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certainly uot the Black Kite : a bird which. Dr. Fatio thinks, 

 is sometimes found there in winter. 



The Hen-Harrier (C. cyaneus) is chiefly a migrant. The 

 Pallid Harrier (C. swainsoni) is a rare visitor; a local 

 specimen is in the Neuchatel Museum. 



Circus cineraceus (Montagu). 



On June 25th I saw a pair of Montagu's Harriers quar- 

 tering the moorland near Pontarlier ; the male was a dark 

 grey bird, but not one of the black variety. 



BuTEo VULGARIS, Lcach. 



Some Buzzards are resident, but the species did not 

 become plentiful till towards the end of February ; it does 

 not go high up in the mountains, even in summer. Con- 

 siderable migrations are on record. In the Prjittigau, at 

 about 3500 feet, one pounced upon, and afterwards dropped, 

 a Shrew, which proved to be of rather a rare species, and 

 M, Goll preserved it. 



BuTEo LAGOPUS (J. F. GmcHn) . 



I had a good view of a Rough-legged Buzzard mobbed by 

 two Crows and a Magpie early in January 1891 ; the bird 

 settled close to me. This species is undoubtedly a visitor on 

 migration ; but the authors of the Catalogue add that it 

 breeds on Mont Saleve and in the valley of the Rhone (Bas 

 Valais). I begged M. Vaucher, one of the authorities, to 

 make certain of this, for, if the identification is correct, this 

 extension of its breeding-range southward is most remarkable. 

 He had uot preserved the bird, and there is not, so far as I 

 know, any Swiss example shot from the nest, nor do I expect 

 to hear of one ! 



Aquila chrysabtus (Linn.). 



The Golden Eagle was seen by me only on the face of 

 Mont Vilan (7800 feet), in the Grisons. Specimens are in 

 every museum ; in that of Coire there is a fine case contain- 

 ing two birds which were killed while fighting. 



The Spotted Eagle (large form) appears to be chiefly a 

 visitor to the open country round the great lakes. The same 

 may be said of the White-tailed Eagle {Haliaetus alhicilla), 



