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only^ on the mountain-side soutli-west of Ax, at 4000 and 

 4600 feet. It is evidently an uncommon bird in the Pyre- 

 nean region, and M. Lacroix says of it {op. cii. p. 123) for 

 Ariege, " Passe en avril ; quelques couples restent en ete ; 

 passe de nouveau fin aout et septembre/' 

 Not observed in Andorra. 



37. Anthus spipoletta (L.). 



Andorra. — The Water-Pipit is one of the commonest birds 

 to be observed in the high Pyrenees. In Andorra we found 

 it in the vicinity of water in spots ranging from 5000 to 

 8200 feet — on the summit of the Port de Saldeu, where it 

 frequented bare patches in the great snow-field. Two nests 

 with eggs were obtained above Canillo on the 24th of May. 



Upper Ariege. — Abundant on the mountains about Ax, 

 from 4300 feet ; and in the upper valley of the Ariege, where 

 it was observed abu.ndantly above Hospitalet, even among 

 the snow and rocks at 7100 feet. Above Ax, on the 13th 

 of May, this bird was still seen, in parties, and evidently 

 not breeding. 



38. Oriolus galbula, L. 



Upper Ariege. — Common in the orchards and woodlands 

 at Tarascon, and in the woods at low elevations about Ax, 

 Avliere, however, it does not occur above 3000 feet. 



The Golden Oriole was not observed in Andorra. 



39. Lanius collurio, L, 



Andorra. — An adult male Red-backed Shrike shot near 

 the town of Andorra on the 20th of May was the only evi- 

 dence we obtained of this bird's presence in the Republic. 



Upper Ariege. — A male seen on the hedgerow of a moun- 

 tain-meadow east of Ax, at 3500 feet, was the only one noted 

 for the French Pyrenean region. 



40. Lanius pomeranus, Sparrman. 



Upper Ariege. — An adult male Woodchat was observed 

 just outside the town of Ax on the 18th of May. 



41. Muscicapa grisola, L. 



Andorra. — Very common in the main basin of the valley 



