482 Mr. W. Eagle Clarke — Ornithology 



QUERQUEDULA CIRCIA. 



The Garganey was abundant on the Etang Consecaniere 

 on September 23rd. It is chiefly a bird of double passage in 

 the Caraargue. Jaubert and Barth^lemy-Lapommeraye say 

 (p. 514) that it visits the Midi principally in the spring, but 

 nests little there. 



*MaRECA PENELOPE. 



Among the thousands of Ducks seen on Consecaniere on 

 September 23rd were many hundreds of Wigeon. This bird 

 would appear to arrive early in the Midi, for Jaubert and 

 Barthelemy-Lapommeraye state that it reaches Provence 

 during the first days of September. 



FULIGULA RUFINA. 



We were somewhat surprised at the number of Red-crested 

 Pochards seen in association with the other species of 

 Anatinge on the Etang Consecaniere on the 23rd of Sep- 

 tember. A pair observed on the Mediterranean the previous 

 day was busily engaged diving in search of food. The males 

 were still in eclipse plumage. 



*C0LUMBA (ENAS. 



We first noted the Stock- Dove on the 28th of September, 

 on which date we saw about fifteen, in small parties, and after 

 this the species was not uncommon. It is a winter visitant to 

 the Delta, and doubtless also a bird of passage. It is said to 

 arrive in great numbers and to remain in the wooded regions 

 of Provence. 



TURTUR COMMUNIS, 



The majority of the Turtle-Doves had evidently departed 

 from the region, to which the species is an abundant summer 

 -visitant, for we observed only two examples, and these on 

 the 16th of September. 



Perdix cinerea. 



We did not observe the Partridge during our autumn 

 visit, though we saw it on two occasions in May 1894, 

 and Mr. William Berry saw a pair, close to where we first 

 observed the bird, in April 1898. Our sporting friends at 



