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  SOME 
  NOTES 
  ON 
  SWISS 
  BIRDS 
  OBSERVED 
  IN 
  

  

  JUNE, 
  1904. 
  

  

  By 
  the 
  Rev. 
  Charles 
  "W. 
  Benson, 
  LL.D., 
  Rector 
  of 
  

   Balbriggan, 
  Co. 
  Dublin. 
  

  

  I 
  stayed 
  at 
  Chexbres 
  sur 
  Vevey 
  this 
  summer, 
  as 
  chaplain 
  for 
  

   June, 
  for 
  the 
  Colonial 
  and 
  Continental 
  Society, 
  and 
  I 
  found 
  it 
  

   to 
  be 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  charming 
  places 
  I 
  have 
  ever 
  visited 
  in 
  

   Switzerland. 
  It 
  is 
  situated 
  at 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  about 
  700 
  ft. 
  above 
  

   the 
  Lake 
  of 
  Geneva, 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  commands 
  a 
  most 
  delightful 
  

   view, 
  and 
  is 
  three 
  miles 
  from 
  Vevey, 
  and 
  about 
  seven 
  from 
  

   Lausanne. 
  Two 
  railways 
  pass 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  village. 
  

  

  The 
  Hotel 
  Victoria, 
  where 
  I 
  sojourned, 
  has 
  very 
  pretty 
  well- 
  

   shaded 
  grounds 
  around 
  it, 
  and 
  I 
  found 
  that 
  nearly 
  every 
  bird 
  to 
  

   be 
  observed 
  in 
  the 
  surrounding 
  country 
  could 
  be 
  observed 
  there. 
  

  

  I 
  did 
  not 
  on 
  this 
  occasion 
  meet 
  with 
  any 
  birds 
  which 
  were 
  

   new 
  to 
  me, 
  but 
  I 
  was 
  enabled 
  to 
  study 
  some 
  more 
  closely 
  than 
  I 
  

   had 
  done 
  before. 
  

  

  The 
  Warblers 
  I 
  noted 
  were 
  — 
  Nightingale 
  (one 
  only), 
  Wood, 
  

   Blackcap, 
  Garden, 
  Marsh, 
  Sedge, 
  Reed, 
  Chiffchaff, 
  Whitethroat, 
  

   Bonelli's, 
  and 
  the 
  Willow-Warbler, 
  the 
  last 
  named 
  very 
  rare. 
  

   For 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  in 
  my 
  experience 
  in 
  Switzerland, 
  I 
  heard 
  the 
  

   Wiwneck 
  every 
  day, 
  whilst 
  the 
  Black 
  Redstart, 
  the 
  Siskin, 
  and 
  

   the 
  Cirl-Bunting 
  were 
  always 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  hotel 
  ; 
  the 
  

   monotonous 
  song 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  was 
  unceasing. 
  I 
  observed 
  no 
  

   Corn-Crakes, 
  but 
  the 
  pleasing 
  "wet 
  my 
  foot," 
  as 
  we 
  call 
  it 
  in 
  

   Ireland, 
  of 
  the 
  Quail 
  was 
  a 
  daily 
  experience. 
  Bonelli's 
  Warbler 
  

   was 
  plentiful 
  in 
  the 
  woods, 
  but 
  nowhere 
  did 
  I 
  hear 
  or 
  see 
  a 
  Song- 
  

   Thrush 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  Blackbirds 
  were 
  extraordinarily 
  

   numerous, 
  and 
  never 
  have 
  I 
  heard 
  their 
  song 
  to 
  such 
  advantage, 
  

   the 
  "serene 
  happiness 
  " 
  of 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Hudson 
  speaks, 
  as 
  such 
  an 
  

   eminent 
  characteristic 
  of 
  this 
  lovely 
  song, 
  was 
  greatly 
  appre- 
  

   ciated 
  by 
  all 
  the 
  sojourners 
  in 
  the 
  Hotel 
  Victoria. 
  The 
  Serin- 
  

   Finch 
  only 
  once 
  visited 
  our 
  grounds, 
  but 
  I 
  heard 
  it 
  on 
  other 
  

   occasions 
  in 
  the 
  gardens 
  at 
  Vevey. 
  The 
  Great 
  Grey 
  Shrike 
  

  

  