550 Mr. W. Eagle Clarke on the 



81. Aquila chrysaetus (Linn.). 



Upper Ariege. — When resting in the pine-forest above Ax, 

 on the 16th of May, a Golden Eagle^ hotly pursued by a 

 Peregrine, passed within gunshot, and was satisfactorily 

 identified. 



Eagles and other large Accipitres were often seen, both in 

 the Upper Ariege and Andorra ; but always at great eleva- 

 tions. Their haunts were quite inaccessible at the date of 

 our visit, owing to the snow, which yet lay on the higher 

 portions of the mountains as deep as iu the winter time. 



82. Falco peregrinus, Tunstall. 



Andorra. — A Peregrine was seen in the pine-forest above 

 Escaldas in pursuit of a Kestrel. 



Upper Ariege. — This species has already been alluded to 

 as seen mobbing a Golden Eagle over the pine-forest above 

 Ax. 



83. Falco tinnunculus, L. 



Andorra. — The Kestrel was common, and nesting on all 

 the crags and cliffs. It was noted up to 6000 feet. 



Upper Ariege. — The same remarks apply. The bird was 

 observed from Tarascon to above Hospitalet (5500 feet). In 

 the Pyrenees, so far as our observations went, the Kestrel 

 was a rock-loving species. 



Falcons M'ere occasionally seen about the numerous suit- 

 able habitats afforded by the valleys of Andorra and Upper 

 Ariege ; but we were unable to identify more than the Pere- 

 grine and the Kestrel. 



84. Ardea cinerea, L. 



Mediterranean Region. — A pair of Herons was seen flying 

 over the etang of Canet and St. Nazaire on the 28th of May. 



85. COLUMBA PALUMBUS, L. 



Upper Ariege. — The Ring Dove is not uncommon in the 

 pine-forests west of Ax, where it was observed between 4600 

 and 5000 feet, and heard cooing contentedly among the trees 

 over a heavy carpet of snow. This is another Pyrenean rarity 

 in the breeding-season; for M,, Lacroix says [op. cit. p. 168) 

 of this species, for the range generally, " ne niche pas,^' and 



