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and Leman. Nor were my opportunities great for seeing 

 Waders. The Lapwing was observed over the low ground ; 

 the Common Sandpiper [Totanus hypoleucus) was seen in 

 pairs along the Broye, which connects the lakes of Neuch^tel 

 and Morat ; and on April 26th five Redshanks were feeding 

 on the marshy shore below Lausanne. M, Bastien has several 

 examples of the Turnstone {Strejysilas interpres) ; also a 

 Terek God wit {Terekia cinerea), shot in spring on Lake 

 Leman, while I believe that another from Neuchatel is in 

 the Vouga collection. All the ordinary Scolopacidse are to 

 be found in the local collections. Woodcocks were on passage 

 on November 20th, and were comparatively plentiful, but there 

 are not many '^ to the acre " of mountain woodland. 



Hydrochelidon nigra (Linn.). 



The Black Tern was observed daily on the Jake of Neu- 

 chatel in autumn ; it occurs on passage in large numbers on 

 Lake Leman. 



The White-winged Black Tern [H. leucoptera), the 

 Whiskered {H. hybrida), the Gull-billed {Sterna anglica)^ 

 and the Common {S. fluviatilis) have all been obtained in 

 breeding- as well as in autumn-plumage. I was surprised 

 to find in the Museum at Geneva an adult specimen of 

 the Roseate Tern, Sterna dougalli : one of a pair shot on the 

 lake on May 17th, 1860. This species I had always con- 

 sidered as exclusively maritime, nor should I have ever 

 suspected it of migrating across the Continent, on the way 

 to or from the Mediterranean, where it is known to occur. 



Larus ridibundus, Linn. 



The Black-headed Gull is said to breed in the marshes at 

 the mouth of the Dranse, on the Savoy side of Lake Leman, 

 on which it is found all the year round — not leaving us even 

 in January 1891, when 28° and 30° of frost were not un- 

 common. Plenty had full black heads on March 4th, 1890, 

 when the thermometer was at 20° and the rocks were coated 

 with ice ; while by November 14th several of the many birds 

 at Vevey showed a distinct approach to a hood. A daz'k 

 line gradually runs from each ear-patch across the head ; 

 later, a similar and parallel line grows up from the eyes, so 



