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Saxicola rubetra. Whiticliat. 



First noted on 9 May. A pair here and there, and com- 

 monest on the low-lying cultivated ground near the river- 

 mouth, where they probably nested in the lucerne. 



(Enanthe cenanthe. Wheatear. 



Common near the sea^ where they were probably breeding 

 in the shingle-banks. 



Accentor modularis. Hedge- Sparrow. 

 Not uncommon round the villages. 



Troglodytes troglodytes. Wren. 

 A common nesting species. 



Muscicapa grisola. Spotted Flycatchei*. 



First noted on 4 May. A common nesting species. 



Hirundo rustica. Swallow. 



CJommon. The sites selected for nesting in the Pei'oune 

 district were often quite remarkable owing to the absence 

 of buildings. The birds often used the circular Nissen 

 huts put up for the troops, and were extraordinarily tame 

 and confiding. A wooden porch put up outside the ruined 

 single room occupied by the writer at Roisel was used directly 

 it was put up. Another pair made valiant efforts to build 

 their nest under the hood of one of the Battei'y lorries. 

 The lorry went out regularly, but the old birds carried on 

 building operations on its ret-urn and oidy gave up after 

 two or three days. 



Again, there was the curious case of a pair that managed 

 to stick their nest against a vertical wall of a vvindovvless 

 room used by the officers of a Brigade H.Q. as a mess. 

 The nest had no sort of underneath support. 



Delichon urbica. Martin. -» 



Riparia riparia. Sand-Martin. J 



Both these species were moderately common, and found 

 nesting in suitable situations. 



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