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Métivier, in his 'Dictionary, applies to the Willow Wren of the English. This name, however, is probably equally applicable to the Chiffchaff. CHIFFCHAFF. Phylloscopus collybita, Vieillot. French, "Bee-fin veloce." The Chiffchaff is certainly more common in Guernsey than the Willow Wren.
The Blackcap is mentioned by Professor Ansted in his list, and restricted to Guernsey. There is only one specimen a female at present in the Museum. WILLOW WREN. Phylloscopus trochilus, Linnaeus. French, "Bee-fin Pouillat." The Willow Wren is a tolerably numerous summer visitant, I believe, to all the Islands, though I have only seen it myself in Guernsey and Sark.
Still the reindeer frequents it for its lichens, and on the drier slopes of the moraine deposits four species of lemming, hunted by the Canis lagopus, find quarters. Two species of the white partridge, the lark, one Plectrophanes, two or three species of Sylvia, one Phylloscopus, and the Motacilla must be added. Numberless aquatic birds, however, visit it for breeding purposes.
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