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Felsinegg, but (as is always the case with this bird) could never 

 get very near. When they congregated together I counted over 

 twenty in one flock. 



Water Ouzel, Cinclus aquaticus. — To be found on almost 

 every river and stream. At Baden, near Brunnen, &c., I found 

 a nest of this bird placed just at the entrance of a small tunnel 

 which conveyed the water of the Seyon from Vallengin to Neuf- 

 chatel. I am afraid, after what has been seen of this bird when 

 kept in confinement, he cannot plead guiltless of fishy proclivities. 

 The young birds in the Zoological Gardens were extremely partial 

 to minnows. 



Hedgesparrow, Accentor modnlaris. — Common at Baden, and 

 I came upon it also at Felsinegg. 



Eedbreast, Erithacm riibecula. — Always to be seen, with the 

 last-mentioned bird, about the cultivated and frequented gardens 

 and walks. 



Common and Black Redstart, Ruticilla phoenicurus and 

 R. tithys. — At Baden (Aargau) both were very plentiful ; at 

 Felsinegg the black species was most abundant. They are very 

 tame, and allow you to come quite close to them. They are 

 late roosters; I have often seen them hawking Phryganice, 

 which are found in vast quantities on the Limmat till quite 

 dark, and long after the Flycatchers and Wagtails have gone 

 to bed. Why is Switzerland so very seldom mentioned in 

 Dresser's 'Birds of Europe'? This country is quite passed 

 over as the breeding-place of the Black Redstart. The figure 

 of the female bird in Mr. Dresser's plate is not at all correct as 

 to colour. 



Wheatear, Saxicola cenanthe. — Pretty common at Felsinegg 

 in September. I found a good number of them on the upper 

 waste lands ; but I do not recollect seeing one old male there ; 

 they appeared to be all females or birds of the year, and were 

 evidently migrating southwards. 



Blackcap, Sylvia atrica2nlla. — The only Warbler I saw near 

 enough to identify. 



Wren, Troglodytes parrulus. — Observed to be very common. 



Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa grisola. — Very common 

 everywhere. Up at Felsinegg I noticed it as late as the 10th 

 September. At Baden in 1882 this bird was extremely plentiful ; 

 a pair had a nest under the verandah, which in the afternoon 



