BIRDS OF GUERNSEY. \) 



Falconidce generally, " There must have been a 

 time when some of the species were permanent 

 residents, for the high pyramidal rock south of the 

 little Island of Jethou bears the name of ' La 

 Fauconniere,' evidently denoting that it must have 

 been a favourite resort of these birds, and there are 

 other rocks with the same name." Certainly the 

 rock here mentioned looks much like a place that 

 would be selected by the Peregrine for breeding 

 purposes, but that must have been before the days 

 of excm'sion steamers once or twice a week to 

 Jethou and Herm. Occasionally a young Peregrine 

 is made to do duty as a Lanner, and is recorded in 

 the local papers accordingly (see ' Star ' for Novem- 

 ber 11th, 1876, copying, however, a Jersey paper), 

 but in spite of these occasional notes there is no 

 satisfactory reason for supposing that the true 

 Lanner has ever occurred in either of the Islands. 

 The birds, however, certainly resemble each other 

 to a certain extent, but the young Lanner in which 

 state it would be most likely to occm% may always 

 be distinguished from the young Peregrine by its 

 whiter head, and the adult has more brown on the 

 head and neck. 



The Peregrine is included in Professor Ansted's 

 list, but only marked as occurring in Guernsey and 

 Sark. There is no specimen at present in the 

 Museum. 



