Bird Observations 



August 15th. Lugano. Gold crest? 

 Heard in the tops of the pines, same note, 

 it seemed to me, as that of our kinglet. 



August 20th. Tellsplatte. Lake Lu- 

 cerne. Spotted Flycatcher. No mistaking 

 this fellow, so like our flycatchers in his 

 ways, and general appearance. 



August 20th. Tellsplatte. Nuthatch. 

 More like our red breasted than the white 

 in coloring, heard no note. 



August 20th. Tellsplatte. Willow 

 wren probably (or Chiffchaff?). Had a 

 fine view of this bird, as he was most con- 

 fiding. Color of back seemed a duller 

 olive than the willow wren's, otherwise 

 description the same. There was a dark 

 line through the eye as well as the yel- 

 lowish one over it, and the primaries were 

 some of them yellowish, and others dark. 

 No white on tail or wings. No song heard. 

 Also saw a tit today, but could not identify 

 it. Must have been the blue or marsh tit, 

 seemed rather a greenish bird in the light 

 I saw it in. 



August 23rd. Grindelwald. Crow. 



August 23rd. Grindelwald. Pied Wag- 

 tail ( ?) . Only a glimpse of a slim light 

 colored bird with a black throat and neck 

 (looked like a black bib) , long tail, rather. 



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