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Gallinago gallinago. The (Vjinmon Snipe. 



A few are nearly always to be met with during" tlie 

 winter nionth.s, but it becomes more numerous durino- spells 

 of hard weather. L. tells me that in 1899 Mr. AV. LcOocq 

 shot one of the dark variety of this bird formerly known as 

 Sabine's Snipe, but. it was unfortunately not preserved. I 

 am of the opinion that, in favourable weather, this bird, as 

 well as the Woodcock, pays regular visits to the island, 

 crossinp; the Race at dusk and returning to the Cotentin at 

 dawn. I have on several occasions seen it arriving in the 

 evening from the direction of France. 



Gallinago media. The Great Snipe. 



Ij. tells me that he once saw one of these birds_, and that 

 Mr. R. G. May has, at various times, shot three. None of 

 them seem to have been preserved, and this is the only 

 record I can iind of it. 



Limnocryptes gallinula. The Jack Snipe. 

 A few usually to be met with during the winter months, 

 becoming more numerous in severe weather. 



Tringa maritima. Tlie Purple Sandpiper. 



I had one of these birds under close observation for over 

 half an hour on the 13th of December, 1913. It was 

 feeding among the seaweed on the rocks at the base of 

 the breakwater. I have no other record of this bird, which 

 is not uncommon, in suitable localities, on the opposite coast 

 of Dorset. 



Tringa alpina. The Dunlin. 



The Dunlin occurs most numerously as a bird of passage, 

 although a few invariably winter here, and in hard weather 

 it even becomes plentiful. A flock of six of these birds in 

 summer plumage frequented Longy Bay during the first 

 week of May, 1919. 



Calidris arenaria. The Sanderling. 



Mr. Cecil Smith says : — " The Sanderling is a regular 

 and rather earl}' visitant to all the islands." I have not 



