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near to the east bank of the Grand Rhone. It is evidently 

 not a common bird in the Camargue, and we never saw it 

 there. 



FuLicA ATRA, Linn. 



A. Coot's nest, with four eggs, was found among thin sedge 

 in shallow water in the Marais dn Couvin on the 18th of 

 May. 



CEdicnemus scolopax (Gmel.). 



The Stone-Curlew was thinly distributed over the wastes 

 of the Camargue and Petite Camargue, and was also not un- 

 common on the stony plain of the Crau. 



Glareola pratixcola, Linn. 



This was a species that we quite expected to find abun- 

 dant in the Camargue, yet, strange to say, we never saw it 

 there, though many places were visited that appeared to be 

 eminently suited to its requirements. Its absence from the 

 Delta was, perhaps, to be attributed to an extremely dry 

 season. The only Pratincoles observed were five or six in 

 number, and were flying over a marsh with shallow lagoons 

 in the southern portion of the Grand Plan du Bourg, and 

 within a few miles of the mouth of the Grand Rhone. 



Charadrius pluvialis, Linn. 



Small flocks of Golden Plover were observed, along with 

 Knots and other migratory waders, in the marshes at the 

 mouth of the Grand Rhone on the 30th of May. On the 

 shores of the Etang du Valcares, on the following day, they 

 were observed by us for the first time in the Delta, though 

 they may possibly have escaped our previous notice. Most 

 of the birds were in full summer dress. 



Squatarola HELVETICA (Linn.). 



The Grey Plover is evidently an abundant species during 

 the season of its migrations in the Delta of the Rhone. We 

 observed it between the middle and the end of May in con- 

 siderable numbers on all the etangs and lagoons of the 

 Camargue. Indeed, the numbers that came under our notice 

 clearly indicate that the Valley of the Rhone forms one of the 



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