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CHAPTER III. 



The Alps m June. 



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The Alpine pastures in June. — Ornithologists and the Alps. — Johann 

 Anderegg, a peasant naturalist. — Number of species in Switzer- 

 land; abundance of food. — ^Migration, complete and partial. — The 

 Alps a barrier to migrating birds. — Migrants from the North. — ^Red- 

 poll breeding. — The three ornithological regions of Switzerland ; mi- 

 grations within them. — Stanz-stadt and its reed-bed. — Valley of the 

 Aa. — White Wagtail and Black Redstart. — ^The Swallow family. — ^The 

 Alps proper and their birds; Water-pipit, etc. — Citril Finch at the 

 Engstlen Alp. — Snow-finches. — ^Eock-oreeper ; its habita. — ^Birds of 

 the pine-forests ; Woodpeckers, Titmice. — Crested Tit in the Gentel- 

 thal — Bonelli's Warbler at Meiringen . . . . 40 



CHAPTEK IV. 



A Midland Villagb : Gaeden and Meadow. 



Description of the rale of the Evenlode. — Situation of the village ; 

 variety of scenery. — Movements of the birds in the district. — A bird- 

 haunted garden. — Redstart; its increase of late years. — A Black 

 Redstart on an ugly wall. — Cuckoo and Robin's nest. — Ingenious 

 Nuthatches. — Spotted Flycatcher ; his peculiarities. — Allotments and 

 Rooks. — Green Sandpiper in the brook ; occurrence in midwinter. — 

 Habits of young birds.— Rooks hostile to intruders. — Long-tailed Tits 

 on the ice ... .... 70 



