380 Mr. J. H. Gnrney on the 



the range of both is the same. M. albicolUs is noted by 

 Jaubert, but as very rare, and M. parva has been once killed 

 in September, on the peninsula of Brusq (Ornis, 1899, p. 42). 



EocK- Swallow. Cotile rupestris. 



Hirundo rnstica, Cotile ripai'ia, and Chelidon urbica are all 

 common, but not C rupestris, which was first seen on March 

 22nd near the coast; it had probably just arrived from 

 Algeria, and was evidently on the move, for in a quarter of 

 an hour the birds had passed on. Next they were observed 

 inconsiderable numbers playing over the foaming Loup, and 

 again in May a pair or two occurred on Mont Yinaigre. 



Red-rumped Swallow. Hirundo rufula. 



Mr. St. Quintiu was on one occasion so fortunate as to see 

 at the Gorge du Loup about a dozen examples of H. rufula, 

 a species easy to be recognised by its red back and collar, 

 and figured in the ' Eichesses Ornithologiques.' 



It is also well figured by Sharpe and Wyatt, who give a 

 map showing its distribution. 



Serin Finch. Serinus hortulanus. 



The " Gros-bec cini,'' or Serin, is common, and no sooner 

 are the male and female paired, than they become assiduous 

 in their mutual attentions, following each other from tree to 

 tree until the nest is made and the eggs are laid, when the cock 

 perpetually serenades his partner, beginning at early daybreak 

 in a low clear continuous strain. A pair had a nest in the 

 next garden at the end of a pine-branch ; it was lined with 

 feathers, and was so small that its outside diameter was only 

 seven inches. In this instance the exterior of the fabric 

 was made of a little grey plant which the French gardener 

 said was an " immortelle." Another nest was on the top- 

 most leader of a slim Aleppo pine, and the tail of the hen 

 could be seen from below projecting over the edge. This 

 was on May 10th, and as she sat closely she was probably 

 hatching, but the pine was so slender that I was afraid of 

 climbing up it. A French writer, Rene Paquet, under the 

 nom de plume of Quepat, has published a monograph of the 

 Serin, and another of the Goldfinch, which contain a good 



