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province visited, is the most prosperous and highly cultivated 

 portion of Spain, birds of pr^y and other conspicuous species 

 could hardly he expected thcjre, while the lagoons and swamps 

 on the Gulf of Rosas^ which make so brave a show on the 

 map, are either drained and dultivated, or are peaty pools and 

 mere bog-holes. Investigatjion indicated that the asserted 

 existence of Tetrao tetrix, 'even in the Easteryi Pyrenees, 

 is an error; that Bonasa Betulina is seldom, if ever, found 

 to the eastward of Luchon,;and chiefly to the westward of 

 Gabas ; while Tetrao urogallus is more abundant in the spruce- 

 iir woods than is generally supposed. There is no evidence 

 that Gyps fulviis nests anywlaere within the French frontier. 

 A line of migration of some; importance appears to pass from 

 Catalonia, over the Col de Puymorens (6300 feet), to the 

 valley of the Ariege, in France; and Turtle-doves, Willow- 

 Warblers, &c. were found above snow covered with footprints 

 of the Ptarmigan. i 



This was the last Meeting of the Session. 



The next Meeting of thi.r Club will probably take place 

 at the Restaurant Frascati, o2 Oxford Street, on Wednesday, 

 October 21st : the dinner at* 7 p,.m. 



P. L. SCLATZB, 



Chairman. 



;Sfigned) 



I Howard Saunders, 

 >j5ec., Treas., 6,' Acting Editor. 



