394 Mr. J. H. Gurney on the 



former is the Taurus of Pliny, which he describes as found 

 hi the neighbourhood of Aries. 



Flamingo. Phoenicopterus roseus. 



I asked many persons if they had ever seen " Le Flam- 

 man t/^ but with a single exception was always answered in 

 the negative : one man produced a fine adult Ardea gar- 

 zetta, and at the same time accurately described Himantopus 

 candidus, but did not know its name; yet in Duval- Jouve^s 

 time FJamingoes were to be met with near Frejus and Laval. 

 Mr. Clarke gives an interesting account of them in the 

 Bouches du Rhone^ and in ' Ornis/ 1899, p. 231, there is a 

 photograph of 35 nests in a clump taken at that place, which 

 shows well the sociable habits of P. roseus. 



Garganey Teal. Querquedala circia. 



Apparently a commoner bird than Nettion crecca, there 

 being many at the poulterer's, but only one Teal. Jaubert 

 says, apparently referring to Q. circia : " Sarcelloun, Charin- 

 chara, se montre seulement en fevrier et en mars ; '^ but a 

 coil of eight small ducks, circling over P'rejus Marsh on 

 April 17th, were evidently Q. circia. However, I was given 

 to understand that none CA^er nested there, though Pellicot, 

 who seems to have stayed at Frejus, says " il est a croire 

 meme qu'il en niche ; ^' that, however, was some years ago. 

 I flushed what I considered to be a bird of this species in 

 Algeria as late as April 4th (paired), and I suspect that a 

 few breed in the north of Africa. 



Shoveleu. Spatula clypeata. 



S. clypeata, Dafila acuta, and Mareca penelope were all in 

 Grasse market, some of them possibly from the Etang 

 Consecaniere, where Mr. Clarke saw 1000 Shovelers at one 

 time, and many other Ducks as well. 



Gadwall. Anas sfrepera. 



A. strepera and Fuligula cristata only come in winter, 

 while on the contrary Anas boscas, which is locally known as 

 the " Col-vert,^' breeds. 



