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One or two pairs, perhaps more, breed on the before-mentioned rock close to Jethou "La Fauconnière," though a few pairs of Kestrels breeding there would scarcely have been sufficient to give it its name. It is mentioned in Professor Ansted's list, but only marked as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. There are two specimens, a male and female, in the Museum. SPARROWHAWK. Accipiter nisus, Linnaeus.
As my friend said, could any one believe this of a well-educated man in the nineteenth century? The Cuckoo is mentioned in Professor Ansted's list, but only marked as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. There are three specimens, one adult and two young, in the Museum, as well as some very ordinary eggs. KINGFISHER. Alcedo ispida, Linnaeus. French, "Martin Pecheur."
It is included in Professor Ansted's list, and marked as occurring in Guernsey only. There is no specimen in the Museum. SANDERLING. Calidris arenaria, Linnaeus. French, "Sanderling variable."
This is the only occurrence of which I am aware in any of the Islands, included in the limits I have prescribed for myself; but Mr. Harvie Brown has recorded two seen by him near Grève de Lecq, in Jersey, in January. See 'Zoologist' for 1869, p. 1561. It is not included in Professor Ansted's list, and there is no specimen in the Museum. WHITETHROAT. Sylvia rufa, Boddaert.
It is included in Professor Ansted's list, but only marked as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. There are two specimens in the Museum. MOORHEN. Gallinula chloropus, Linnaeus. French, "Poule d'eau ordinaire." I have not seen the Moorhen myself in Guernsey, but Mr. Couch, writing to me in December, 1876, told me that Mr.
Lizars, Edinburgh. 1851. Ansted's Introduction to Geology, i. 303. Lyell's Travels in North America, i. 254. Quarterly Journal of Geological Society, April, 1851. A work in any department of general literature rarely appears from the pen of a clergyman in the Church of Scotland, and therefore that to which we are about to refer, under the title noted beneath, is in some respects a curiosity.
Mr. Gallienne, in his remarks appended to Professor Ansted's list, says the Ring Ouzel stays with us throughout the year, but is more plentiful in winter than in summer. But I have never myself seen one either dead or alive in the spring or summer.
The White Wagtail is included in Professor Ansted's list, but marked as only occurring in Guernsey. There is no specimen either of the Pied or White Wagtail in the Museum. GREY WAGTAIL. Motacilla melanope, Pallas. French, "Bergeronette jaune."
At other times of year than the breeding-season, the Storm Petrel can only be considered an occasional storm-driven visitant to the Islands. It is included in Professor Ansted's list, and marked as occurring in Alderney, Sark, Jethou, and Herm. With this bird ends my list of the Birds of Guernsey and the neighbouring Islands.
The Arctic Tern is not included in Professor Ansted's list, and there is no specimen at present in the Museum. BLACK TERN. Hydrochelidon nigra, Linnaeus. French, "Guifette noire," "Hirondelle de mer épouvantail." The Black Tern is by no means a common visitant to the Islands, and only makes its appearance in the autumn, and then the generality of those that occur are young birds of the year.
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