538 Mr. W. Eagle Clarke on tlie 



Upper Arnege. — Was observed above Ax at 2650 feet^ and 

 in the beech-region at 4600. Its extraordinary abundance 

 about and above Hospitalet has already been alluded to, as 

 has also its occurrence in the Port de Saldeuup to 7100 feet. 

 This is decidedly an alpine species in the Pyrenees. M. 

 Lacroix^s statement [op. cit. p. 89) regarding its status in 

 Ariege — " Se montre dans tout le plaine en hiver^ ne niche 

 pas,^^ — makes it evident that he was quite unaware of the 

 bird's abundance in the higher Pyrenees in summer. 



23. Accentor collaris (Scop). 



Andorra. — Common on rocky places free from snow on 

 the mountain-side above Saldeu from 7300 feet and upwards. 

 Here the Alpine Accentor was a tame bird, and allowed a 

 very close approach, the males uttering an unpretending 

 song as they squatted on the great boulders. A female shot 

 showed, from the state of the ovary, that it was not nesting 

 on the 25th of May. 



This species was not observed on the French side, but the 

 northern slopes were under deep snow at the elevations 

 aifording suitable habitats. 



24. ACREDULA ROSEA (Blyth). 



Upper Ariege. — All the specimens of the Long-tailed Tit- 

 mouse observed by us belonged to the British form. It was 

 a common bird in the woodlands about Ax, but was not ob- 

 served to occur above 2700 feet. At Tarascon, on the 17th 

 May, a pair of old birds were accompanied by their nume- 

 rous family, then well able to fly. An old female was shot 

 near Tarascon. 



This bird was not observed in the upper valley or in 

 Andorra. 



25. Parus major, L. 



Andorra. — A solitary individual observed near the town of 

 Andorra was the only Great Titmouse seen in the Republic, 

 and hence it would seem to be an uncommon sjaecies there. 



Upper Ariege. — Evidently an uncommon bird in the high 

 valley of the Ariege, since it was only twice observed about 

 Ax, once at 3350 feet. It was seen at Tarascon on the 



