424 Major W. R. Tliompson on the [Ibis, 



It is not a rosiJent, so tliat tliosc shot must liave been 

 mioratin^i;', and it may probably best be considered as a rare 

 bird of passa<4('. I have not my self observed it. L. has one 

 of the five birds mentioned above in his collection. 



Emberiza citrinella. The Yellow-Ham mer. 



This bird has so fur defeated me, and I can only conclude 

 that it has disappeared from the island in reqent years, as I 

 have never come across it. Mr. Cecil Smith, writing in 

 1879, says : " The Yellow-Hammer, though resident and 

 breeding in all the islands, is by no means so common as in 

 many parts of England. In Alderney it is perhaps rather 

 moie common than in Guernsey, as I saw some near the 

 Artillery Barracks this summer, 1878, and Captain Hubbach 

 told me he had seen two or three pairs about there all the 

 yoar.- 



Mr. Eagle Clarke reports it as being common in Alderney 

 in September 1898, and L. tells me that he has fre(|uently 

 found it nesting here. 



Emberiza cirlus. The Cirl Bunting. 



I killed a specimen of this bird on tho 24th of December, 

 1913. It was at the time feeding on a dust-heap, in com- 

 pany with a mixed flock of linnets, sparrows, and chaffinches. 

 I also observed it on the following occasions, when it was 

 doubtless on migration to th(^ south coast of England, where 

 it breeds : — 



20th of April, 1914— a flock of about twelve. 

 22nd of April, 1914 — several in my garden. 

 23rd of April, 1914 — one near Fort Tourgis. 



I have not seen it during the summer months, and do not 

 think it breeds here, but on the 21st of January, 1919, I 

 noticed on(> or two amongst a number of Rock-Pipits, so 

 probably it occasionally winters h(u-e. Mr. Cecil Smith, 

 writing in 1879, says of this bird : " 1 have never seen the 

 Cirl Bunting in any of the islands, nor has it, as far as I 

 know, been recorded from them, which seems rather sur- 

 prising, as it is common on the south coast of Devon, and 



