474 Mr. W. Eagle Clarke — Ornithology 



seen amoug the trees fringing the west bank of the Grand 

 Rhone on the ] 7th of September. We did not observe this 

 bird in the spring of 1894j and it is probably not common 

 as a resident species in the Bouches-du-Rhone. Jaubert 

 and Barthelemy-Lapommeraye say (p. 187) concerning it in 

 Provence^ that it is to be found commonly in the Basses- 

 Alpes and that portion of the Var which is distant from the 

 coast; in other words, in the elevated districts of Provence. 



*Parus c^ruleus. 



The Blue Tit is another uncommon species in the low- 

 lying country of the Delta and its neighbourhood^ and is 

 also an addition to our former list of birds observed in the 

 region. We only saw it once, and then among the trees of 

 the northern and cultivated district of the Camargue. Like 

 the last-named species, Jaubert and Barthelemy-Lapomme- 

 raye (p. 182) only mention it for the highlands of the 

 Basses-Alpes and the Var. 



^GITHALUS PENDULINUS. 



The Penduline Tit proved to be a very common species 

 among the trees on the banks of the canals on the eastern 

 fringe of the Delta, where we found it nesting in 1891'. 

 In the autumn of 1896, these birds were to be seen in family- 

 parties of some eight individuals, and were busily searching 

 for insect-food among the umbelliferous herbage that flour- 

 ished on the canal-banks. The species is much more abundant 

 here than we before supposed it to be ; indeed it is quite 

 common, though local, and we never visited its haunts 

 without seeing many examples. Jaubert and Barthelemy- 

 Lapommeraye considered it to be rare in Provence. 



Anthus campestris. 



We found the Tawny Pipit not uncommon in May and 

 early June 1894, in the southern arid portion of the Camargue, 

 and regarded it as a summer visitor to the Delta. In the 

 autumn of 1896, we only observed a single individual in 

 that region. This species is mentioned here chiefly for the 

 purpose of quoting Jaubert and Barthclemy-Lapommeraye's 

 views, which are opposed to our experience of the bird in 



