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The Heron is included in Professor Ansted's list, but only marked as occurring in Guernsey. There is no specimen at present in the Museum. PURPLE HERON. Ardea purpurea, Linnaeus. French, "Heron pourpre." The Purple Heron is an occasional accidental wanderer to all the Islands. Mr. Curiously enough Mr.
The Linnet is included in Professor Ansted's list, but marked by him as only occurring in Guernsey and Sark; and there is a specimen in the Museum. BULLFINCH. Pyrrhula europaea, Vieillot. French, "Bovreuil commun."
The Common Scoter is included in Professor Ansted's list, and marked only as occurring in Guernsey.
For general Geology, Professor Ansted's Introduction is excellent; while, as a specimen of the way in which a single district may be thoroughly worked out, and the universal method of induction learnt from a narrow field of objects, what book can, or perhaps ever will, compare with Mr. Hugh Miller's "Old Red Sandstone"? For this last reason, I especially recommend to the young the Rev.
It is included in Professor Ansted's list, but only marked as occurring in Guernsey. There are three specimens, an adult and two young, in the Museum. COMMON TERN. Sterna fluviatilis, Naumann. French, "Hirondelle de mer," "Pierre garin." The Common Tern is a regular but not numerous spring and autumn visitant to the Islands, some remaining to breed.
Gallienne in his notes to Professor Ansted's list, says, speaking of Guernsey, "The Rook has tried two or three times to colonise, but in vain, having been destroyed or frightened away." Mr. They sometimes arrive here in large flocks in severe winters."
The Yellow Hammer is included in Professor Ansted's list, and marked as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. There are also a pair in the Museum. CHAFFINCH. Fringilla caelebs, Linnaeus. French, "Pinson ordinaire," "Grosbec pinson." The Chaffinch is resident, tolerably common, and generally distributed throughout the Islands, but is nowhere so common as in England.
Jago, which had been killed in the Islands the last week in January, 1879." These are the most recent specimens I have been able to get any account of. The Bittern is included in Professor Ansted's list, but only marked as occurring in Guernsey. There is no specimen in the Museum. AMERICAN BITTERN. Botaurus lentiginosus, Montagu. French, "Heron lentigineux."
The Siskin, however, is not mentioned in Professor Ansted's list, and there is no specimen at present in the Museum. LINNET. Linota cannabina, Linnaeus. French, "Linotte," "Grosbec linotte." The Linnet is resident and the most numerous bird in the Islands by far, outnumbering even the House Sparrow, and it is equally common and breeds in all the Islands.
Andrew's, on the date above mentioned. These are all the instances of the occurrence of the Little Bustard in the Channel Islands that I have been able to gain any intelligence of, but they are sufficient to show that although by no means a common visitant, it does occasionally occur on both spring and autumn migration. It is not included in Professor Ansted's list.
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