606 Mr. L. Griscom on the [Ibis, 



Anas penelope L. 



The Widtreon was very abundant. 



Spatula clypeata (L.)- 

 Only one small flock seen, 



Dafila acuta (L.). 

 Very common. 



Nyroca fuligula (L.). 



The Tufted Duck was the only one of its subfamily 

 observed — a small flock on the Etang de Valcares. The 

 presence of the diving-ducks in numbers is a matter of cold 

 weather, according to Crespon, so it is not surprising that I 

 found so few. 



Mergus sp. 



A small flock of large Mergansers seen on the Etang de 

 V^alcares. Probably the Goosander, which is the commoner 

 species according to Crespon, but the absence of adult males 

 made a satisfactory identification impossible. 



Phalacrocorax carbo carbo (L.). 



A common bird ; they were seen daily sunning themselves 

 on the fish-weirs in flocks. 



Colymbus cristatus cristatus (L.). 



A single Great Crested Grebe observed in the surf near 

 Les Saintes Maries. 



Columba cenas L. 



Two Stock-Doves were seen at the bull-farm west of the 

 Etang de Valcares. They were flushed from a little hollow 

 in which a stream ran where there were some real trees. 

 Two Pigeons were seen near Aries, so shy and wild that it 

 was impossible to approach them within several hundred 

 yards. 



Burhinus cedicnemus oedicnemus (L.). 



The strange cry of this bird was heard before dawn in the 

 wastes near the Etang de Valcares. It seems to be well 

 known to the natives. 



