26 Mr. Henry Seebohm on the 
Sandpiper (Totanus stagnatilis ) frequent the shores of the 
lakes in the company of numerous White Wagtails ( Motacilla 
alba). On the mountain-streams the Grey Wagtail ( Motacilla 
sulphured) is common, and the Mediterranean form of the 
Water-Ouzel (Cinclus aquaticus albicollis) ascends them up 
to eight thousand feet above the level of the sea. I saw 
Ring-Ouzels ( Merula torquata) among some alders behind 
the hotel, now and then a pair of Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) 
were to be seen hovering over the valley, and once I watched 
for some time an Icterine Warhler ( Hypolais hypolais) in a 
larch tree just below the head, of the pass. The Crested 
Tit ( Parus cristatus ) was not quite so common as its con¬ 
geners, and, curiously enough, I saw no trace of the ubiquitous 
Sparrow. Chaffinches ( Fringilla ceelebs) were remarkably 
abundant, and frequently uttered a note which I have never 
heard in this country : it might be represented by the letters 
rrt. The Carrion-Crow ( Corvus cor one), when it emigrated 
from East Siberia, evidently ascended the Danube and the 
Inn and reached North Italy, thus isolating the Hooded 
Crows of Southern Italy and Greece from the main colony 
in East Europe and West Siberia. We saw the former 
every day, but we did not meet with either the Rook, the 
Magpie, or the Hooded Crow. On the other hand, a small 
flock of Choughs (Pyrrhocorax graculus) frequented the shores 
of the lake, and parties of Alpine Choughs (Pyrrhocorax 
alpinus) sometimes came suddenly upon us as we were 
gathering alpine flowers in the mountain-clefts, to their 
great surprise and evident consternation. Ravens (Corvus 
corax) were occasionally seen, but no Jackdaws. 
I did not succeed in finding either the Ptarmigan or the 
Snow-Einch, but was extremely delighted to make the ac¬ 
quaintance of the Alpine Accentor (. Accentor alpinus). This 
bird was by no means common, and was extremely local; but 
I met w r ith it on three occasions, and was able to solve several 
knotty points in its habits which have always been a puzzle 
to me. I am not aware that any British ornithologist has 
described its habits from personal observation, and as it was 
one of the few European birds which was not personally 
