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on the roof of a cottage soon after passing the Black Forest. The 

 weather was extremely bad that summer, being wet nearly every day, 

 which probably accounted for our not seeing more birds. In 1911 

 I again visited the same part of the Bavarian Tyrol, and this time 

 the weather was extraordinarily hot and fine, and, with the exception 

 of a few thunderstorms, we had no rain. We were also a little later 

 in the year, and our list of birds was considerably lengthened. We 

 saw again many Whinchats ; Redstarts, both Common and Black ; 

 and numbers of Swallows. On August 18th I went up the Hollen- 

 thalklamm, where I saw three Wall-creepers on a rock, and was able 

 to note the beautiful grey plumage with the crimson patch on the 

 wing. I also saw White Wagtails on the mill-stream at Parten- 

 kirchen and elsewhere. This beautiful bird takes the place of our 

 Pied Wagtail in these parts, and seemed just as plentiful. On the 

 19th I saw a specimen of the Little Owl (Athene noctua), stuffed, in 

 a shop in Parmisch. On asking the owner, he told me that it had 

 been shot in the woods near. On my way out I had seen this bird 

 perched on a telegraph pole close to the Hook of Holland. On the 

 21st I went up the Fauken, where there was a pair of Grey Wagtails, 

 and I also came across, for the first time, the Crested Tit, which is 

 said to be numerous in the woods near there. Next day I saw a pair 

 of Dippers on a very rapid mountain stream, three Buzzards, and a 

 Raven. On the 25th I saw the first Nutcracker, a bird which is 

 fairly common in this part of Bavaria. I again and nearly every day 

 saw White Wagtails, Goldcrests, and Marsh Tits. On the 28th we 

 went up a low mountain called the Krottenkopf, where we got a 

 sight of nineteen Chamois feeding ; this was at 5.30 a.m. Later in 

 the day we saw two Golden Eagles. On the 31st we saw two 

 Kestrels, three Buzzards, Grey Wagtails, Nutcrackers, and a Little 

 Grebe on a small lake near Bckbauer. On September 1st, on going 

 up to the Kreuzeck, close to the same place as last year, I again saw 

 the Great Black Woodpecker, as well as Buzzards, Jays, several 

 Nutcrackers, and Crested Tits. We climbed the Zugspitz on 

 September 2nd and 3rd. This is the highest mountain of Bavaria, 

 close on 10,000 feet, and I was much interested in seeing about 

 twelve Alpine Choughs on the summit ; they seemed fairly tame, and 

 we were able to approach quite close to them. Amongst many 

 Swallows' nests which we found, the following was very interesting. 

 A small shelf was put up in the main passage of a farm house 

 leading from the front door, and on this shelf a pair of Swallows had 

 made their nest and were rearing a family of young, even though 

 only a few inches above the heads of everyone passing, as the passage 



