202 Mr. W. Eagle C\nv^e— Ornithology 



Camargue^ and nests in considerable numbers. It also 

 breeds on the isles in the etangs communicating with the 

 sea adjoining the Golfe de Beauduc. 



QuERQUEDULA ciRCiA, Linn. 



Two drake Garganeys were observed on the fitang de 

 Consecaniere on the 18tli of May. 



Anas acuta, Linn. 



A pair of Pintails was observed on the Btang de Consd- 

 caniere on the 17th of May, and perhaps others were among 

 the numerous Duck which took wing on our approach on 

 that occasion. Two pairs of these birds frequented this 

 ^tang and were seen on several occasions. On the 28th of 

 May two drakes and a duck were observed on the water, and 

 a second duck was seen to leave a dense mass of purslane 

 and seablite growing near the margin of one of the islands. 

 We were engaged watching the Avocets at the time, and did 

 not detect the exact patch from which the Duck issued ; 

 indeed, it was only as she flew by us that we identified the 

 bird. From the nature of the cover from which she came — 

 breeding-ground of the Red-crested Pochard and the Mallard 

 — and from the manner of her flight, we were convinced that 

 she had a nest there. A careful search among the dense 

 tangled masses of Atriplex and Suada failed, however, to 

 reveal the hidden treasure. The finding of the nest of this 

 species within sight of the Mediterranean would have been 

 a fact worth establishing, since it would have carried the 

 breeding-range of this species about 7° to the south of all 

 previous records for Western Europe. 



Nyroca ferruginea (Gmelin). 



The White-eyed Duck is said to occur on migration in the 

 South of France; but we see no reason why it should not 

 breed in the Delta, which appears to lie within the limits of 

 its permanent distribution. Five birds of this species were 

 seen on the Etang de Ginfes, in the south-western Camargue, 

 on the 17th of May. 



FULIGULA RUFINA (Pall.). 



The Red-crested Pochard is said to seldom visit tlie waters 



