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tervals along the coast, induced to remain, no doubt, ])y the 

 abundance of offal which abounds about such settlements. 



This concludes the sketch of our doings, for on the 1st of 

 June, after having spent three weeks in these varied districts 

 of the Pyrenees, we turned our faces homeward. 



Sufficient particulars of each species observed, with notes 

 carefully made as to its altitudinal range in the valleys and 

 highlands of Andorra and Ariege, will be found in the list 

 which concludes this paper. It may be well to remark 

 that much care was bestowed on these altitudinal observa- 

 tions, which were made with an aneroid duly tested at Kew, 

 and carefully checked, at intervals, with the official datum at 

 Ax, upon which the heights are based. 



As the result of the little expedition, we were able to add 

 twenty species to the lists of Mr. Saunders and Mr. Back- 

 house. These are : — The Orphean Warbler, Garden Warbler, 

 Wood Warbler, Melodious Warbler {Hypolais imhjglotta), 

 Great Reed Warbler, Golden Oriole, Red-backed Shrike, 

 Spotted Flycatcher, Sand Martin, Citril Finch, Short-toed 

 Lark, Jackdaw, Swift, Nightjar, Montagu's Harrier, Heron, 

 Turtle Dove, Quail, Pratincole, and Little Ringed Plover. 

 Some of these had no place in my friends^ lists, because 

 neither of them had, I believe, remained in the Pyrenees 

 during the breeding-season, a fact which must give a little 

 additional value to these notes. 



In conclusion, a pleasant duty remains, namely, to thank 

 Lord Lilford, Mr. Howard Saunders, and Mr. Backhouse, Jr., 

 for the kindly interest they have taken in this paper, and 

 M. SpuUer, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of 

 France, for granting special permits to shoot specimens 

 during the close season. 



1. TURDUS VISCIVORUS, L. 



Andorra. — The Missel Thrush was common on the high- 

 lands, especially among the pines and firs on the mountain- 

 sides ; but was not observed below 5000 feet. It was 

 breeding at 6350 feet, the greatest altitude at which the 

 species was noted. 



