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1921 .] Winter Avifauna of the Camargue. 
Saxicola torquata rubicola (L.). 
A few in the wastes east of Les Saintes Maries, and one 
near Arles. 
Phcenicurus ochrurus gibraltariensis (Grin.). 
A single male seen near the fitang de Valcares in the 
garden of the old farm. 
Erithacus rubecula rubecula (L.). 
Apparently a winter visitor only to the Delta of the Rhone. 
Common near Arles, and a single bird near Les Saintes 
Maries. 
Troglodytes troglodytes troglodytes (L.). 
It was a considerable surprise to find the Wren by no 
means uncommon in the marshes north of Les Saintes 
Maries, where it preferred the ditches overgrown with 
bushes affected by Cetti’s Warbler—surely an unusual 
association. 
Gecinus viridis viridis (L.). 
A single bird near Arles. Very much wilder than in any 
other part of Europe where I have encountered this species. 
Falco columbarius aesalon Tunstall. 
The little Merlin was fairly common in the marshes north 
and east of Les Saintes Maries. 
Falco tinnunculus tinnunculus (L.). 
Common everywhere. 
Falco nauinanni naumanni Fleisch. 
An adult male Lesser Kestrel was very well seen both 
sitting and flying on 29 Dec., the smaller size and clear 
unspotted back being good field-marks. An ordinary Kestrel 
was seen before the other was out of sight. This species is 
considered an uncommon migrant by the old French authors. 
I do not know of a winter record for France. 
Aquila maculata (Gm.). 
The Greater Spotted Eagle is given as a winter visitor to 
the marshes of the Midi. I saw five birds in all during my 
stay. 
