266 Mr. W. Eagle Clarke on Birds 



Le Conquet. Common on the margins of the estuary and 

 on the coast. 



Alderney. Fairly commou. 



64. H^MATOPUS OSTRALEGUS. 



Ushant. Common as an autumn migrant and winter visitor ; 

 and possibly also breeds, along with the Ringed Plover, 

 on the arid stony tract adjoining the shore on the west side 

 of the island. 



Le Conquet and Alderney. Common. 



65. GaLLINAGO CffiLESTIS. 



Alderney. A single Snipe was observed on the 25th of 

 September. This bird is a winter visitor to the islands, but 

 Alderney offers few, if any, attractions to this and other 

 paludal species. 



66. TrINGA ALPINA. 



Le Conquet. The Dunlin was very abundant on the estuary 

 on the 8th of September. It is, no doubt, a bird of double 

 passage and also a winter visitor there. 



Alderney. Two were seen on the sands of Longey Bay on 

 the 27th of September. 



Q7. Tringa subarquata. 



Le Conquet. The Curlew-Sandpiper was quite an abundant 

 species on the margins and moist islands of the estuary on the 

 8th of September. This species is a bird of passage on the 

 west coast of Brittany. 



68. Tringa canutus. 



Le Conquet. The Knot was also numerous on the shores 

 of the moist islands of the estuary on the 8th of September. 

 It is doubtless both a bird of passage and a winter visitor. 



69. Machetes pugnax. 



Le Conquet. Several RufFs and Reeves were feeding on the 

 shores of the estuary on the 8th of September. 



70. Calidris arenaria. 



Ushant. A few Sanderlings were observed during our 

 stay. These were in small parties of two, three, or four 



