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along with Ringed Plovers and a few Sanderlings, being 

 attracted by the coleoptera which abounded on the 



island. 



Alderney. — Fairly common. 



H/KMATOFUS osTRALEGUS, Oystev-catcker. 



Uskant.— Common as an autumn migrant and winter 

 visitor. It possibly also breeds, along with the Ringed 

 Plover, on the arid, stony tract adjoining the shore on 

 the west side of the island. 



Gallinago ccelestis. Common Snipe. 



Alderney.—^ single snipe was observed on 25th 

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

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

 other paludal species. 



Tringa alpina, Dunlin. 



Alderney.— T^o were seen on the sands of Longey 

 Bay on 27th September. 



Calidris arenaria, Sanderling, 



Ushant. — h few were observed during our stay. 

 These were in small parties of from two to four 

 individuals, and consorted with the Ringed Plovers 

 and Turnstones, along with them seeking their food 

 on the barren, stony land immediately adjommg 

 the shore, on which a small species of beetle was 

 numerous. 



ToTANUs HYPOLEUCus, Commou Sandpiper. 



Ushant. — ^^s extremely abundant as a bird of 

 passage throughout our visit. It chiefly frequented 

 the edge of the water, and was as numerous at the foot 

 of theliighest cliffs as elsewhere. On loth September 

 we computed that no fewer than 60 of these birds came 

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