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tober to the 15th of November : none remain stationary. Sportsmen 

 have told me that these birds fly along the coast in both their passages. 



House Sparrow, Pyrgita domestica. Le Moineau, {Temm.) Some 

 leave us in the autumn to return after the hoar frosts, but this mischie- 

 vous bird is but too stationary. 



Tree Sparrow, Pyrgita montana. Arrives from the 20th of Febru- 

 ary to the 15th of March, returns in large flocks from the 10th of Oc- 

 tober till the end of November. A few winter with us. 



Chaffinch, Fringilla coslebs. Most of these birds remain with us : 

 those which migrate in the autumn return in April. 



Fringilla Serinus. Le Cini, [Buffori). Arrives in February and 

 March, returns in numerous bands from the end of September until 

 December : many winter with us. 



Fringilla Canarina. Resident in many parts, and this prevents our 

 being well acquainted with the periods of its migration. 



Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus. Arrives in April and departs in August. 



Green Woodpecker, Picus viridis. Arrives in the middle of Pro- 

 vence during the severe frosts, never descends to the shores. 



Wryneck, Ynnx torquilla. Le Torcol ordinaire, [Temm.) Arrives 

 at the end of April, departs during August, September, and early in 

 October. 



Nuthatch, Sitta Europma. 



Common Creeper, Certhiafamiliaris, and 



Certhia muralis. 



These three species are resident with us. 



Hoopoe, Upupa Epops. This beautiful species passes in April 

 and early in May, and in September : it crosses the sea direct in both 

 its passages. 



Bee-eater, Merops Apiaster. This bird is seen regularly upon the 

 shores every year, in the second and third weeks in May, but it is 

 scarcely ever seen on its return, which takes place in September. It 

 always arrives on the western coast, which gives rise to a general 

 opinion that it makes a tour round the Mediterranean in its migra- 

 tions. Some of them nestle in Provence, in the holes of the rocky 

 shores of the river Argens. 



Chimney Swallow, Hirundo rustica. Arrives in April, departs in 

 October. 



Martin, Hirundo urbica. This species both arrives and departs a 

 few days before the preceding. 



Hirundo montana. This species arrives before any of the others. 

 We see it from the 17th of March. It departs also after the others ; 



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