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and congenial nesting-sites, and the bird is correspondingly 

 abundant. 



Gecinus viridis (Linn.). 



A pair were seen in some hedge-timber at Villeneuve in 

 the eastern Camargue on the 31st of May. Green Wood- 

 peckers were also observed on several occasions on the east 

 bank of the Grand Rhone a few miles below Aries. 



Jynx torquilla, Linn, 



A solitary AVryneck was seen and heard near Aries on the 

 1st of June. 



Alckdo ispida, Linn. 



Two Kingfishers were observed on the Canal de Bouc, 

 below Aries, on the 1st of June. 



CoRACiAS GARRULUS, Linn. 



A Roller was seen to alight on a small tree on the margin 

 of the waste at Les Bruns, in the western Camargue, on the 

 22nd of May. 



Upupa epops, Linn. 



This bird was surprisingly abundant throughout the 

 Camargue. Indeed, it was one of the commonest species 

 that came under our notice. In many of the localities in 

 which the Hoopoe was observed quite commonly there was 

 an entire absence of the usual nesting-sites selected by this 

 species, and it was brooding in holes at the roots of small 

 trees, and also, it is thought, in holes in the banks of some 

 of the drainage-levels. It was quite common around Aries. 

 When a Hoopoe is in a rage, or greatly agitated, it utters a 

 loud croaking note exactly like that of the frog {Ra?ia escu- 

 lenta) : a fact that we have not seen recorded. 



CucuLUS CANORus, Liuu. 



The Cuckoo was not observed in the Camargue, but was 

 common in the neighbourhood of Aries. 



Scops giu (Scop.). 



A Scops Owl was seen and heard among timber near the 

 east bank of the Grand Rhone, on the 1st of June. 



