372 Mr. J. H. Guniey on the 



Common Wheatear. Saxicola cenanthe. 



A considerable immigration to Provence took place on 

 April 24th, surely of a delayed party, or of those ■which 

 had come from very far south. Pellicot says that one man 

 trapped 624 " culs-blancs " in two days, which recalls the 

 wholesale captures on the Sussex downs. The bulk arrive 

 in England much sooner. 



Black Wheatear. Saxicola leucura. 



S. leucura loves rocky places, and is more likely to be met 

 with at Nice than in the Var. I received two from Pied- 

 mont. S. aurita is stated by Jaubert to be not uncommon, 

 and Mr. Clarke met with S. stapazina in the next Department. 



Stonechat. Pratincola rubicola. 



One had perhaps wintered where it was seen on March 

 12th, as I knoAV from a previous visit that Stonechats are 

 sometimes not uncommon even in December, though the 

 Whinchat (P. ruhetrd) is only a summer visitant. All the 

 *' Traquets,^' however (6 in number), according to Jaubert, 

 nest in the Department in small numbers, but individuals of 

 P. rubicola which breed there would not be the same as 

 are seen in winter. 



Bluethroat. Cyanecula wolfi. 



A pair of Blue-throated Warblers seen at Bocca on the 

 coast by Mr. St. Quintin (' The Field,' /. c.) were presumably 

 C. ivolji, a well-marked form, of which the distribution is 

 not very clear. 



Eedstart. Ruticilla phoenicurus. 



Apparently not a common bird. Personally I never 

 encountered R. tithys, though Canon Tristram and others 

 have met with it. 



Ruby-throated Warbler. Calliope kamtschatkensis. 



This straggler from the East has been taken twice in the 

 Department, once in August 1829 and once in April 1835, 

 both specimens being adult males ; and at the time of writ- 

 ing, the author of ' The Birds of Europe ' was not cognisant 

 of any other examples having occurred west of Russia, It 

 is, however, said to have recently found its way to England. 



