444 Major W. R. Thompson on the [Ibis, 



noticed it myself, iuid it has undoubtedly become more scarce 

 since Mr. Smith's time. 



Langlois has one of these birds in his collection, shot by 

 himself in Alderney some jears ago. 1 had previously 

 overlooked it, mistaking it for a Dunlin, 



Tetanus tetanus. The Redshank, 



This bird is fairly common in the late summer and autumn 

 as a bird of passage, but is less frequent in the spring. The 

 first birds usually make their appearance towards the end of 

 July and depart again early in September, although one or 

 two generally winter here. 



Tetanus nebularius. The Greenshank. 



I saw a single individual of this species feeding in Longy 

 Bay on the 22nd of July, 1919. This is the only record 

 I have for Alderno}-. 



Tetanus hypoleucus. The Common Sandpiper. 



This Sandpiper is not uncommon during the spring and 

 autumn migrations, and some few, doubtless non-'breeding 

 birds, usually pass the summer here ; but the majority arrive 

 about the middle of July, and remain until September. 

 These birds have been particularly numerous this year 

 (1920), and a large number have remained throughout the 

 summer. 



Limosa lapponica. The Bar-tailed Godwit. 



These birds arc occasionally met with as birds of passage 

 in spring and autumn. Two were obtained at the Casquets 

 Light in the spring of 1916, and I saw one feeding in 

 Longy Bay on the 21st of August, 1919. 



Numenius arquata. The Curlew. 



Common during the winter months, a flock of some thirty 

 birds or so being usually seen in the vicinity of Longy Bay. 

 They usually make their first appearance in July. Mr. Cecil 

 Smith says that they remain throughout the summer, but 

 I do not think this is the case nowadays, except in isolated 



