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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  once 
  looked 
  down 
  upon 
  me 
  from 
  an 
  unusually 
  high 
  electric 
  pole 
  

   in 
  the 
  neighbourhood. 
  My 
  last 
  experience 
  of 
  this 
  bird 
  was 
  at 
  

   the 
  ruins 
  of 
  Trimburg, 
  near 
  Kissingen. 
  

  

  The 
  only 
  notable 
  bird 
  we 
  saw 
  on 
  the 
  Eochers 
  de 
  Naye, 
  6700 
  ft., 
  

   on 
  June 
  7th, 
  was 
  the 
  Alpine 
  Chough 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  was 
  such 
  a 
  

   vigorous 
  snowballing 
  going 
  on 
  by 
  students 
  from 
  various 
  colleges, 
  

   that 
  probably 
  other 
  birds 
  deemed 
  it 
  well 
  to 
  keep 
  at 
  a 
  safe 
  dis- 
  

   tance. 
  On 
  the 
  Saleve, 
  4300 
  ft. 
  above 
  Geneva, 
  we 
  made 
  but 
  one 
  

   addition 
  to 
  our 
  list 
  on 
  June 
  21st 
  — 
  the 
  Tree-Pipit, 
  which 
  we 
  

   failed 
  to 
  notice 
  elsewhere. 
  

  

  The 
  Lake 
  of 
  Geneva 
  was, 
  as 
  usual, 
  patronized 
  by 
  the 
  Black 
  

   Kite, 
  and 
  also 
  by 
  flocks 
  of 
  Black-headed 
  Gulls, 
  the 
  shape 
  of 
  

   whose 
  heads 
  seemed 
  to 
  me 
  to 
  differ 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  from 
  those 
  of 
  our 
  

   birds 
  at 
  home 
  ; 
  we 
  only 
  saw 
  them 
  on 
  the 
  rocks 
  near 
  Lutry. 
  At 
  

   Thonon 
  a 
  Common 
  Tern 
  appeared, 
  but 
  otherwise 
  Lake 
  Leman 
  

   seemed 
  sadly 
  birdless. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  whole, 
  I 
  observed 
  only 
  fifty 
  eight 
  different 
  species 
  in 
  

   Switzerland 
  this 
  year, 
  and 
  again 
  failed 
  to 
  find 
  the 
  Alpine 
  

   Accentor. 
  The 
  visitors 
  in 
  the 
  hotel 
  took 
  a 
  lively 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  

   birds 
  around 
  us, 
  and 
  a 
  lecture 
  on 
  the 
  subject 
  which 
  I 
  delivered 
  

   was 
  attended 
  by 
  all 
  the 
  English 
  in 
  the 
  neighbourhood. 
  

  

  What 
  a 
  pity 
  that 
  no 
  cheap 
  guide 
  to 
  Swiss 
  birds 
  can 
  be 
  put 
  

   into 
  the 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  crowds 
  of 
  visitors 
  to 
  " 
  the 
  playground 
  of 
  

   Europe 
  " 
  every 
  year. 
  It 
  would 
  find 
  many 
  interested 
  readers 
  

   and 
  observers. 
  

  

  