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scream is long and rather chattering, " ski-ki-ki-i-i-i." The 

 nests in the Museum contained many scraps of newspaper. 



Dendrocopus major, Spotted Woodpecker. — In the deciduous 

 woods near Hohfluh we saw an adult female come twice to a tree 

 in which was a nesting-hole, and I could hear the " gik gik" of 

 another hird, probably the male, not far off. In a tree near were 

 two more Woodpeckers' holes. Curiously enough, in the next 

 tree was a male Pied Flycatcher. 



D. minor, Barred Woodpecker. — Mr. Fowler saw one near 

 the Reichenbach Hotel, Meiringen, with a very bright crown. 



Picus martins, Great Black Woodpecker. — Anderegg called 

 our attention to the note of this species at the top of the Briinig, 

 but we could not see it. 



Gecinus canus, Grey-headed Woodpecker. — I heard the 

 "ha ha ha" of a Woodpecker, lower in tone and less resonant 

 than that of the Green Woodpecker, just above the Alpbach, and 

 in the fir and pines higher up. We met with an undoubted 

 example on a wooded hillside, with fine, scattered trees, between 

 the Briinig and Hohfluh. Looks small on the wing, and very 

 grey-looking on the upper parts; no red visible on the head 

 when it flew past below me, as would have been in the case 

 of G. viridis. Greenish yellow rump conspicuous. Doubtless 

 breeding in the immediate vicinity, as I saw it several times, 

 getting pretty close to it, and it flew within a few yards of F. 

 The "ha ha ha" was low and deep, not nearly so highly pitched 

 as that of viridis, and wanting the ringing quality. 



Cuculus canorus, Cuckoo. — Heard in full song at Interlaken, 

 above the Alpbach (two at once), near Hohfluh (two at the same 

 time), and as late as the 23rd near Im-Hof. 



Circus cineraceus, Montagu's Harrier. — Just after leaving the 

 Obere Hasli-thal at Im-Hof, we saw a slender hawk, with long 

 tail and long narrow wings, soaring at a considerable height, and 

 apparently taking insects, as it constantly executed some quick 

 and sudden turns and twists in the air ; during these manoeuvres 

 its tail was repeatedly opened and closed. After watching it for 

 some time against the sky, I at last got it against the dark pines, 

 and could see the colours very well in the bright sun. It seemed 

 to be of a dark, blackish brown, with a rufous-brown tail, through 

 which the sunlight showed when it was spread. 



Buteo vulgaris, Buzzard. — Watched one sailing round and 



