1120 Birds. 



mitis and S. arundinacea scarcely ever arrive before the middle of 

 April. 



Nightingale, Philomela Luscinia. Arrives in the month of April. 

 Sportsmen have assured me that the males precede the females by 

 about fifteen days, and that they only begin to sing after the arrival of 

 the latter. Is this true ? They depart in September, and at this time 

 are quite solitary. 



Blackcap Warbler, Curruca atricapilla. Arrives in April, departs 

 from the 20th of September till the 10th of November. 



Garden Warbler, Curruca hortensis. This species is very common 

 in summer ; it arrives in April, and departs from the 20th of August 

 till the 15th of September. 



Common Whitethroat, Curruca cinerea. Same as C. atricapilla. 



Dartford Warbler, Sylvia provincialis. Arrives in April, departs at 

 the end of September and October. 



Redbreast, Erythaca rubecula. Le Rouge Gorge, {Buff on). Mi- 

 grations very variable ; arrives from the north with the cold and quits 

 us with it : it is neither seen in the spring nor in the summer. 



Black Redstart, Phcenicura Tithys. April and September; a rare 

 species. Individuals solitary. 



Redstart, Phcenicura ruticilla. Bee fin de murailles, (Temm.) 

 This species is the most common of our birds of passage. It arrives 

 in April, and returns during September and October. 



Willow- warbler, Sylvia Trochilus. Bee fin Pouillot, [Temm.) Ver- 

 nal passage unknown. It arrives in autumn with the first white frosts, 

 remains till the cold weather is settled, and then disappears. 



Dalmatian Regulus, Regulus modeslus. Gui-gui, Provencal. Ar 

 rives early in the autumn, remains all the winter without crossing the 

 sea, and quits us early in the spring to return to the north. 



Saxicola cachinnant. Is seen in very cold weather in lonely rocky 

 places, does not cross the sea. 



Wheatear, Saxicola (Enanthe. Le Moteux, [Buffon). Arrives 

 from the end of March until May ; immense quantities are destroyed 

 at this time on the sea-shore. Some are again seen in the mountains 

 in July. They arrive on the autumnal passage about the 15th of 

 September, and remain with us till the 1 5th of October ; when they 

 are again seen on the wing, directing their course towards the sea. 

 Many of them nestle in the barren localities among the heights of 

 Provence. 



Whinchat, Saxicola rubeira. 



Saxicola ami fa. 



