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the island. It is a resident (or breeding) species^ but is most 

 abundant as a bird of passage. 



Alderney. Very common during our stay. 



20. Anthus obscurus. 



Ushant. The Rock-Pipit was very numerous, and is, perhaps, 

 a resident species in the congenial haunts afforded by the 

 island. 



Le Conquet. Common on the coast on September 8th. 



Alderney. Very abundant. 



21. Parus c.bruleus. 



Le Conquet. September 8th. Several Blue Tits seen. 



Alderney. Only once observed — namely, a single bird on 

 the 27th of September. Mr. Cecil Smith is quite right in 

 describing this bird, as by no means numerous in the 

 Channel Islands. 



22. Regulus cristatus. 



Alderney. There were arrivals of Goldci'ests on the nights 

 of the 25th and 26th of September, and many were seen in 

 the hedgerows on the following days. 



Mr. Cecil Smith {op. cit. p. 54) doubts whether the numbers 

 of this bird are regularly increased in the autumn by migrants 

 in the Channel Islands. There are, however, no suitable 

 haunts for this bird in Alderney, and it was not seen until 

 after the immigration, which occurred on the night of the 

 25th of September. 



23. Phylloscopus rufus. 



Le Conquet. The notes of the ChifFchaff were heard in 

 a garden on the 8th of September. 



Alderney. Several were observed and heard among the 

 other immigrants which put in an appearance on the 25th 

 and 26th of September. 



Mr. Cecil Smith has no information regarding this bird in 

 Alderney, where it is only a bird of passage, owing to a 

 lack of suitable breeding-haunts. 



