1128 Birds. 



Common Crane, Grus cinerea. It passes in March, and the 

 beginning of April, and again in October and November. We see 

 them pass along in long lines, at an immense height. They never 

 rest here. 



White Stork, Ciconia alba. Passes in March and April, and again 

 on its return in November, and often settles in the marshy meadows. 



Black Stork, Ciconia nigra. Passes at the same periods as the pre- 

 ceding, but makes a longer stay with us. 



Common Heron, Ardea cinerea. Arrives in April, returns from the 

 middle to the end of autumn. 



Purple Heron, Ardea purpurea. Passes at the same time as the 

 common heron in spring, but scarcely ever appears again in autumn. 



Great White Heron, Ardea Egretta. Occasional visitor. 



Little Egret, Ardea Garzetta. It arrives in the spring, with the 

 purple heron, but, like that species, is not seen on its autumnal 

 passage. 



Night Heron, Nycticorax Gardeni. Stays here from the month of 

 April till the summer : during autumn it is seen on the borders of 

 ponds and marshes. 



Common Bittern, Botaurus stellaris. Its stay here is the same as 

 the preceding, as it is generally stationary in the marshes of Aries, 

 Martigues and Hyeres. 



Little Bittern, Botaurus minutus. Very common in April, October 

 and November. 



Common Curlew, Numenius arquata. Arrives about the end of 

 February, if the season is rainy; more frequently in March and April. 

 It stays a short time on this passage, and also in that of December. 



Whimbrel, Numenius phaopus. Seen at the same time as the cur- 

 lew, but does not stay so long. 



Curlew Sandpiper, Tringa subarquata. Arrives in April and re- 

 turns only with the cold of winter. 



Knot, Tringa Canutus. 



Purple Sandpiper, Tringa maritima. 



Dunlin, Tringa variabilis. 



Temminck's Stint, Tringa Temminckii. 



These four species migrate at the same periods with the curlew 

 sandpiper : the purple sandpiper is less common with us. 



Little Stint, Tringa minuta. It is with us in April and towards the 

 end of autumn. 



Ruff, Tringa pugnax. In April and in winter. Our sportsmen 

 make two species of ruff'. In spring, when they choose their mates, 



