602 Mr. L. Griscom on the [Ibis, 



April and September, a few remaining to breed. The former 

 states that he never personally met with the Sedge-Warbler, 

 while the latter work calls ic a rare migrant. Mr. Eagle 

 Clarke met with neither species on either of his trips. 

 Modern handbooks state that the winter home of the Aquatic 

 Warbler is not known for certain. I am not aware that 

 Crespon's positive statement has ever been disproved. 



Sylvia melanocephala melanocephala (Gm. ). 



A single bird of this species was studied for half an hour 

 in a thick clump of tamarisk bushes near Les Saintes Maries. 

 It is easily distinguished from the Blackcap by the white in 

 the tail and its much smaller size. Another was seen on a 

 stony bush-covered hillside near Aries. Two other Warblers 

 seen near Aries may have been Blackcaps, but I was unable 

 to get a satisfactory view. Both species are resident. 



Sylvia (Melizophilus) midata uiidata (Bodd.). 



Not uncommon in the wastes east of Les Saintes Maries. 

 Very shy and about as hard to observe as a field-mouse. 1 

 have never seen a bird do the "disappearing act" more 

 perfectly. One was seen to put down in an isolated clump 

 of sea-blite without any nearby vegetation. It took me but 

 a few seconds to reach this clump, but the bird wasn't there 

 when T arrived, and I was unable to rediscover it. 



? Turdus pilaris L. 



A single vcy wild bird seen near Aries, probably this 

 sp(^cies, but the identification by no means satisfactory. 



Turdus morula merula L. 



A single male seen on two occasions near Les Saintes 

 Maries. Mr. Eagle (Jlarke did not meet with this species in 

 the Delta, where it seems to be a decidedly rare birtl. 



Saxicola rubetra rubetra (L.). 



A[)parently a rare bird in western Europe in winter, and 

 its presence was probably due to the remarkably mild fall. 

 Two birds seen in the truck-patches near Les Saintes Maries, 

 and another near Aries. Not given as occurring in winter 

 by the old French authors. 



