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Professor Ansted includes the Peewit in his list, but only marks it as occurring in Guernsey. There is no specimen in the Museum at present. GREY PLOVER. Squatarola helvetica, Linnaeus. French, "Vanneau pluvier." The Grey Plover is a regular but by no means numerous visitant to the coast of all the Islands during the winter months, but I have never found it in flocks like the Golden Plover.
De Putron's labourers described a Rail to me which he had shot in the Vale Pond in May, 1877, which, from his description, could have been nothing but a Spotted Rail. This is all the information I have been able to glean, but Professor Ansted includes it in his list, and marks it as occurring in Guernsey.
This, however, is mere supposition on my part, for which I have no reason except that both birds were said to have been killed in Herm, and both in May. Professor Ansted mentions the Marsh Harrier in his list, but marks it as only found in Guernsey. HEN HARRIER. Circus cyaneus, Linnaeus. French, "Busard St. Martin."
Professor Ansted does not include the Green Sandpiper in his list, though he does the Wood Sandpiper, giving, however, no locality for it.
French, "Bécassine Jourde." The Jack Snipe is a regular autumnal visitant to all the Islands, but never so numerous as the Common Snipe. A few may always be seen, however, hung up in the market with the Common Snipes through the autumn and winter. Professor Ansted includes it in his list, and marks it only as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. There is no specimen at present in the Museum.
Professor Ansted includes the Stonechat in his list, but marks it as confined to Guernsey and Sark. There is a specimen in the Museum. WHINCHAT. Pratincola rubetra, Linnaeus. French, "Tarier ordinaire," "Traquet tarier." The Whinchat seems to me never so numerous as the Stonechat, and more local in its distribution during the time it is in the Islands.
Professor Ansted does not include the Little Gull in his list, and there is no specimen in the Museum. GREAT SHEARWATER. Puffinus major, Faber. French, "Puffin majeur."
Couch told me was the only one he had had through his hands whilst in Guernsey; and Captain Hubbach writes me word that he shot one in Alderney in January, 1863. I have never seen it in the Guernsey market, like the Wild Duck and Teal. Professor Ansted includes it in his list, but only marks it as occurring in Guernsey. There is one specimen, a male in full plumage, in the Museum.
Professor Ansted includes the Teal in his list, and marks it as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. There is no specimen in the Museum at present. EIDER DUCK. Somateria mollissima, Linnaeus. French, "Canard eider," "Morillon eider." The Eider Duck occasionally straggles to the Channel Islands in the autumn, but very seldom, and the majority of those that do occur are in immature plumage.
Professor Ansted includes the Common Gull in his list, and marks it as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. There is no specimen in the Museum.
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