484) Ornitholoyy of tlie Delta of the Rhone. 



TOTANUS HYPOLEUCUS. 



The Sandpiper is a bird of passage in the Bouches-du- 

 Rhone. One was heard passing southward down the Rhone 

 on the night of the 16tli of September. 



"""ToTANUS OCHROPUS. 



The Green Sandpiper was fairly numerous on the margins 

 of the freshwater pools at Giraud on the 19th of September. 

 It is a bird of double passage in the region, according to the 

 authors of ' Les Richesses/ 



*T0TANUS GLAREOLA. 



Several Wood-Sandpipers were seen on some marshy 

 ground with pools of water at Giraud on the 19th of Sep- 

 tember. It is said by Jaubert and Bartheleray-Lapommeraye 

 (p. 461) to visit the entire Midi in flocks in spring, more 

 rarely in the autumn. 



ToTANUS CALIDRIS. 



The Redshank was present in great numbers on the 

 margins of the Etangs throughout the Delta. It was abun- 

 dant in May 1894, when we had little doubt that it was 

 breeding, though Jaubert and Bartheleray-Lapommeraye 

 consider (p. 458) that it is a bird of passage, and that there 

 is no reason to suppose that the bird nests in the South of 

 France — an opinion of which we much doubt the accuracy. 



ToTANUS FUSCUS. 



Many Spotted Redshanks were observed on the margins 

 of a freshwater Etang named Le Taute, in the south-western 

 portion of the Delta, on the 23rd of September. Several 

 other species of Waders were also present, attracted, no 

 doubt, by the fresh water, the lagoons being very shallow, 

 and hence extremely salt. 



ToTANUS CANESCENS. 



The Greenshank was common on passage from the 

 middle down to the end of September. It was observed on 

 the margins of the Rhones and on the Etangs, throughout 

 the Delta, but was always seen singly. 



