bonnaterre

Updated: May 7, 2025

Jago's which had been shot at Herm in May, just before I came; and in June I saw one or two more about in Guernsey. The pair shot in Herm would probably have bred in that island if they had been left unmolested. Professor Ansted mentions it in his list, but only as occurring in Guernsey, and there is one specimen in the Museum. QUAIL. Coturnix communis, Bonnaterre. French, "Caille."

Cecil Smith - Birds of Guernsey (1879) : And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands