Le Tas is often written L'Etat, but, as Professor Ansted says, "There can be no doubt it alludes to the form of the rock, viz., 'Tas,' a heap such as is made with hay or corn."

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See Temminck's 'Man. d'Ornithologie.'

[35]

Buffon.

[36]

See Temminck's 'Man. d'Ornithologie.'