48 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



was crowded with ladies and children, and close to the electric 

 lamp, of which the birds took no notice at night. Every garden, 

 almost every house, had its i^air of Flycatchers, In 1883, from 

 some cause or other, there were comparatively very few, but 

 many more Eedstarts. 



White and Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba and M. luguhris. — 

 Frequented the banks of the Limmat at Baden. My attention 

 was particularly attracted to the difference in plumage of the two 

 species, more particularly in the colour of the back. I have 

 counted as many as twenty of these birds on the wing at once, 

 hunting after the Phryc/anice which hover over the Limmat. 

 They would sit in rows under the terrace of the hotel, — and now 

 and then one was snapped up by the Sparrowhawk, — and I could 

 distinctly sec that some of them were much blacker than others. 

 M. alba was most numerous. 



Grey Wagtail, Motacilla sulphurea. — Appeared also amongst 

 the others. 



Yellow Wagtail, Motacilla Jlava. — On the 15th August we 

 had a flight of these bii-ds, which only remained three days, 

 hawking flies in company with the other species ; on the 18th 

 they were all gone. A few days after the grey species disappeared, 

 but the pied and white birds remained, and I left them still 

 pursuing their prey. 



Yellowhammer, Embcriza citrinella. — Eather plentiful. 



Girl Bunting, Embcriza cirlus. — On the 12th September, at 

 Schaffhausen, I noticed a pair of these birds, very restless, and 

 both having food in their beaks, in a secluded part of the grounds 

 of the hotel. I could not discover the nest, but they evidently 

 had young close by. Surely this was very late. The nest 

 appeared to be among some low bushes and fir trees. 



Chaffinch, Fringilla ccelebs. — Extremely common. 



Goldfinch, Carduelis clegans. — A little colony along the 

 banks of the Limmat, on the old railroad near Wettingeu. 



House Sparrow, Passer domesticus. — Everywhere on the lower 

 grounds ; none at Felsinegg. 



Tree Sparrow, Passer montaniis. — At Baden. 



Kingfisher, Alcedo ispida. — Not common. I only saw this 

 bird twice on the Limmat. 



Swallow, Hirundo rustica. — Remains very late ; plenty were 

 seen up to the end of September. 



