358 Major W. M. Congreve : Ornithological and [Ibis, 



Crecy on 8 May and 20 May. In each case the nest was 

 about seven feet from the ground against the trunk of 

 a tree. The eggs M^ere fresh. A nest containing five fresh 

 eggs was found on 21 May in a hawthorn hedge near 

 St. Valery. 



Turdus iliacus. Redwing. 

 Last seen on 3 May. 



Turdus pilaris. Fieldfare. 

 Last seen on 29 April. 



Turdus merula. Blackbird. 



Common, but not nearly so much so as at home. 



Turdus torquatus. Ring-Ouzel. 



Two observed on migration on 29 April. 



Phoenicurus phcenicurus. Redstart. 



First noted on 8 April. A common breeding species, and 

 a pair in nearly every orchard. 



Erithacus rubecula. Continental Robin. 



Fairly common. The first nest was found on -l May 

 and contained three young and three unfertile eggs. 

 Subsequently nests with six, six, and seven fresh eggs were 

 found on 10 JNIay and 12 May. All these nests were in 

 lane-side banks in Saigneville. A friend of the writer's 

 found two other nests with six and seven eggs respectively 

 near St. Valery late in May. Seven is apparently a not 

 uncommon clutch and appears to be larger than is usual 

 Avith the British Robin. 



Luscinia megarhyncha. Nightingale. 

 First heard on 6 May. Common in suitable woods and 

 spinneys. 



Saxicola rubicola. Stonechat. 



A pair here and there, but not common. A nest with 

 five considerably incubated eggs found on 8 May in a tuft 

 of grass by the roadside at Neuville near St. Valery. 



