^ Bird Observations 



heard in France, and noted in many cities 

 and villages afterwards. 



July 2$th. Vevey. Black-headed Gull. 

 Numbers of them sitting on the blue 

 waters of Lake Geneva, and later in the 

 morning flying gracefully over it. Hand- 

 some birds, beautifully marked, and giving 

 a most charming effect seen against the 

 turquoise blue of the lake with the moun- 

 tains for a background. 



July 2$th. Vevey. Swallow. Many 

 flying about the hotel and over the lake, 

 pretty fellows, and though marked rather 

 differently from our barn swallow looking 

 much like it as they fly. 



July 2$th. Vevey. Martin. Associated 

 with the swallows, but the white rump 

 and much less deeply forked tail made it 

 easy to distinguish. Smaller than o.ur mar- 

 tin, only five and one-half inches. 



July 26th. Vevey. Greenfinch. Saw one 

 close to the hotel, all olive green and yel- 

 low, saw the yellow rump plainly. He had 

 a very heavy bill. He sang a very sweet 

 song, trill after trill, on varied keys, all 

 soft and attractive, sometimes a warble 

 introduced, but mostly the trills. 



July 2"jth. Vevey. Common Buzzard. 

 He has been sailing over the lake daily, 



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