I921.] Birds of Alderney. 433 



Asio otus. The Lono-eared Owl. 



A bird o£ passage^ but by no means common, and so far 

 only noticed in the autunni. L. has one in his collection and 

 has shot four of them — one in the autumn of each of the 

 following years, 1893, 1899, 1900, 1904. Bearing in mind 

 how seldom even our common residential owls are seen, the 

 fact of this species having been observed on four occasions in 

 twenty-seven years, whilst passing through the island on 

 migration, argues that it is of frequent occurrence as a bird 

 of passage, and is probably a regular visitor. It is curious 

 how seldom this bird is noticed during the spring migration. 

 It usually occurs here in November, so it would appear to be 

 a late migrant at this period. I have not myself seen this 

 bird. 



Asio accipitrinus. The Short-eared Owl. 



A common bird of passage and also a winter visitor, but 

 the numbers remaining for the winter months vary consider- 

 ably in different years. As a bird of passage it occurs more 

 frequently in the autumn than the spring. L. tells me he 

 once shot a specimen here in August. 



Circus aeruginosus. The Marsh-Harrier. 



L. has two in his collection — a male and a female. He 

 shot the male on the 21st of August, 1899, and the female 

 the following day. 



Mr. A. C. Tourgis also had a young male in his collection. 

 He shot it here about the year 1894. 



Circus pygargus. Montagu's Harrier, 



Mr. Cecil Smith says of this bird : " Miss C. B. Carey 

 records one in the ' Zoologist' for 1873 as having been shot 

 in Alderney in July of that year. She adds that it was an 

 adult male in full plumage, and that she saw it herelf at 

 Mr. Couch's shop." 



The above is the only record I have for this bird. 



Buteo buteo. The Buzzard. 



L. tells me he shot one in the autumn of 1886. 



The only other record for the occurrence of this bird in 



