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Mr. L. Griscom on the 
[Ibis, 
Anas penelope L. 
The Widgeon was very abundant. 
Spatula clypeata (L.). 
Only one small flock seen. 
Bafila acuta (L.). 
Very common. 
Hyroca fuligula (L.). 
The Tufted Duck was the only one of its subfamily 
observed—a small flock on the fitang de Valcares. The 
presence of the diving-ducks in numbers is a matter of cold 
weather, according to Crespon, so it is not surprising that I 
found so few. 
Mergus sp. 
A small flock of large Mergansers seen on the fitang de 
Valcares. Probably the Goosander, which is the commoner 
species according to Crespon, but the absence of adult males 
made a satisfactory identification impossible. 
Phalacrocorax carbo carbo (L.). 
A common bird ; they were seen daily sunning themselves 
on the fish-weirs in flocks. 
Golymbus cristatus cristatus (L.). 
A single Great Crested Grebe observed in the surf near 
Les Saintes Maries. 
Columba oexias L. 
Two Stock-Doves were seen at the bull-farm west of the 
fitang de Valcares. They were flushed from a little hollow 
in which a stream ran where there were some real trees. 
Two Pigeons were seen near Arles, so shy and wild that it 
was impossible to approach them within several hundred 
yards. 
Burhinus cedicnemus cedicnemus (L.). 
The strange cry of this bird was heard before dawn in the 
wastes near the Etang de Valcares, It seems to be well 
known to the natives. 
