Bird Observations 



heard in France, and noted in many cities 

 and villages afterwards. 



July 25th. Vevey. Black-headed Gull. 

 Numbers of them sitting on the blue 

 waters of Lake Geneva, and later in the 

 morning flying gracefully over it. Hand- 

 some birds, beautifully marked, and giving 

 a most charming effect seen against the 

 turquoise blue of the lake with the moun- 

 tains for a background. 



July 25th. Vevey. Swallow. Many 

 flying about the hotel and over the lake, 

 pretty fellows, and though marked rather 

 differently from our barn swallow looking 

 much like it as they fly. 



July 25th. Vevey. Martin. Associated 

 with the swallows, but the white rump 

 and much less deeply forked tail made it 

 easy to distinguish. Smaller than o,ur mar- 

 tin, only five and one-half inches. 



July 26th. Vevey. Greenfinch. Saw one 

 close to the hotel, all olive green and yel- 

 low, saw the yellow rump plainly. He had 

 a very heavy bill. He sang a very sweet 

 song, trill after trill, on varied keys, all 

 soft and attractive, sometimes a warble 

 introduced, but mostly the trills. 



July 27th. Vevey. Common Buzzard. 

 He has been sailing over the lake daily, 



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