of the Delta of the Rhone. 473 



ACROCEPHALUS TUHDOIDES, 



We did not observe tlie Great Reed-Warbler, a bird which 

 was so much in evidence and also so abundant at the time of 

 our previous visit. It may, however, have escaped our 

 notice, for Jaubert and Barthelemy-Lapommeraye (p. 259) 

 say that it is resident in the Camargue. 



The Reed- Warbler [Acrocephalus streperus) was quite 

 abundant throughout our visit. 



CeTTIA CETTIl. 



In my former remarks on Cetti^s Warbler, doubt was 

 expressed as to whether the remarkable notes of this bird 

 were to be regarded as a song or an alarm-cry, and an 

 opinion was expressed in favour of the latter view. The 

 observations made in the autumn all tended to confirm this 

 impression. At that season other birds are usually silent : not 

 so C. cettii, for on each occasion on which we approached its 

 haunts — dense covert by the waterside — there was the same 

 outburst of the identical notes which had impressed -us so 

 much in the spring. The authors of ' Les Richesses ' (p. 25) 

 say that its voice, well known to those who frequent the 

 marshes, is short, but powerful and sonorous, and that the 

 male utters it all the year round. Possibly it may be 

 the song of an exceptionally timid species, and is uttered 

 on occasions of excitement — such as intrusion upon its 

 haunts — at all seasons, and is thus a combination, as it were, 

 of an alarm-cry and a song. 



■^Regulus ignicapillus. 



We saw only a single example of the Fire-crested Wren, 

 a remarkably confiding male, which allowed himself to be 

 inspected at close quarters. This bird was observed in a 

 dense willow-break, on the banks of the Grand Rhone, on 

 the 17th of September. According to the authors of 

 ' Les Richesses ' (p. 192), this bird is an autumn and winter 

 visitant to the Midi. 



■^Acredula caudata. 



Several Long-tailed Tits, probably a family-party, were 



