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for Ariege, '' Un passage considerable a lieu dans les cols des 

 Pyrenees de ce departement en octobre et novembre/^ 



86. TuRTUR COMMUNIS, Sclbj. 



Andorra. — A pair of birds seen in the woodlands between 

 Andorra and Escaldas were thought to be Turtle Doves, 



Upper Ariege. — A pair were observed several times amongst 

 the coppice-growthj at 2700 feet, on the mountain-side of the 

 valley of the Oriege, above Ax. 



Mediterranean Region. — Several were seen among the 

 trees on the island near the embouchure of the small river 

 north of Argel^s-sur-Mer. 



87. CoTURNix COMMUNIS, Bonuat. 



Mediterranean Region. — The note of the Quail was heard 

 on some arable land adjoining the downs at Argeles-sur-Mer 

 on the 29th of May. 



88. Lagopus mutus. Leach. 



Andorra. — Ptarmigan were heard near at hand on the 

 snows of the Port de Saldeu between 7350 and 8450 feet 

 during the storm on the 25th of May. 



89. ffioicNEMUs scoLOPAX (S. G. Gmel.). 



Mediterranean Region. — The Stone Curlew was fairly com- 

 mon, and nestiug on all the downs bordering the Mediter- 

 ranean between Canet and Argeles-sur-Mer. 



90. Glareola pratincola, Linn. 



Meditei'ranean Region. — On the 28th of May eight Pratin- 

 coles were observed on a moist stony patch on the west side 

 of the etang of Canet and St. Nazaire, and were very con- 

 fiding, allowing a close inspection to be made of them. 



91. jEgialitis cantiana (Lath.). 



Mediterranean Region. — The Kentish Plover was common 

 on the coast and the contiguous downs. Its nests were fre- 

 quent on the beach just above high-water mark, and on the 

 downs, where both eggs and young birds were found. 



M. Lacroix was evidently unaware of its frequence in the 

 Pyrenees-Orientales, for he says [op. cit. p. 185), *'De passage 

 regulier en avril, mai, fin aout et septembre ; quelques 



