B82 Mr. J. H. Guruey on the 



especially 1836-39 (inclusive) — are mentioned by authors, 

 and everywhere they seem to bear the same gipsy character. 



Pine-Grosbeak. Pyrrhiila enucleator. 



P. enucleator is said to have appeared in numbers at Frejus 

 in the Avinter of 1836 ; but it has possibly been confounded 

 with Loxia curvirostra, a mistake which has often been made 

 in England. On the other hand, Mr. Howard Saunders re- 

 ports a genuine P. enucleator in the Marseilles Museum, locally 

 killed {' The Field/ June 26th 1880), and it is noted, though 

 with a mark of doubt, in the ^Richesses Ornithologiques ^ and 

 by Polydore Roux. It has also been authenticated as far 

 south as the Italian Alps by Prof. Giglioli and Prof. Oddi, 

 and there is no particular reason why it should not sometimes 

 occur in France. 



Corn-Bunting. Emberiza miliaria. " Bruant proyer." 

 A single E. miliaria, a flock of five, and again three on May 

 10th were all that I observed, so I am rather surprised at 

 Mr. darkens finding the bird abundant in the Bouches du 

 Rhone. E. citrinella was still less common ; and of the hand- 

 some Meadow-Bunting, E. cla, I saw only one fine cock on 

 March 23rd, balancing himself on a bush with no companions. 

 The other Buntings mentioned by Jaubert are E. melano- 

 cephala (very rare), E. cirlus (regular migrant), E. hortulana 

 (regular migrant), E.schosniclus (autumn migrant), E. nivalis, 

 &c. E. nivalis is not so rare in the south of Europe as has 

 been assumed ; when at Avignon on a previous visit I was 

 told that one had been lately killed. 



Marsh-Bunting. Emberiza intermedia. 



Jaubert states that^. intermedia is very common during the 

 winter, and leaves in March, but that a few nest near Hyeres; 

 later authors, however, unite this race with E. schceniclus, 

 while keeping E. pyrrhuloides distinct. The two latter are 

 found in the Var, but E. pyrrhuloides is very rare ; and the 

 distinctness of all three of them forms the subject of an 

 article by Dr. Jaubert in ' Revue Zool.' 1855, p. 225, while 

 later authorities have discussed it on the strength of more 

 material and probably with greater accuracy. 



