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cliff at Tarascon, and a few were observed on that below 

 Merens ; but the distances in both cases rendered it impos- 

 sible to determine the species.] 



QQ. Garrulus glandarius (L.), 



Andorra. — Fairly common throughout the valley, and 

 although not observed in the mountain-forests the Jay occurs 

 as high as 5400 feet between Canillo and Saldeu. 



Upper Ariege. — Very common about Tarascon and Ax, 

 and occurs in the higher valley to near Hospitalet, at 4000 

 feet. This bird was not seen in the pine-forests_, though it 

 was noted in the beech-region above Ax at 4650 feet. 



Q>7. Pica rustica (Scop.). 



Upper Ariege. — The Magpie is a species of which the Py- 

 renean distribution thins out in this particular district at Ax, 

 where two pairs only were observed — one at 2500 feet. 



Perpignan District. — Fairly common. 



68. CoRvus MONEDULA, Linn. 



Upper Ariege. — The Jackdaw is a vara avis in the Pyrenees 

 in the breeding-season, and M. Lacroix (op. cit. p. 61) says of 

 it, for the range generally, " De passage en hiver, en compagnie 

 des especes precedentes [Rook, Carrion and Grey Crows] 

 avec lesquels il forme de grandes bandes ; nous quitte vers 

 le 15 mars, ne niche pas.^'' Nor was the bird observed by 

 Mr. Saunders or Mr. Backhouse. We were, however, fortu- 

 nate enough to observe it at Ussat-les-Bains, a little below 

 Ax, on the 17th of May, when one flew so close to us as to 

 render its identification a matter of ease and certainty. 



69. CoRvus coRONE, Linn. 



Andorra. — A pair of Carrion Crows were observed in the 

 pine-forest above Escaldas at 4800 feet on the 20th of May, 

 which, from their behaviour, had evidently a nest close by. 

 These were the only ones seen in the Republic. 



Upper Ariege. — A. pair had also taken up their quarters in 

 the pine-forest west of Ax, where we saw them at 4600 feet 

 on the 13th of May, when they were very noisy at our in- 

 trusion. M. Lacroix says [op. cit. p. 58) that it nests acci- 

 dentally in Ariege. 



