PREFACE. Vll 



she found remaining of the collection, and place it 

 in some sort of order, distinguishing l)y a different 

 coloured label those specimens which could he 

 proved to he Channel Island (in doing this she 

 worked very hard, and received very little thanks 

 or encouragement, hut on the contrary met with a 

 considerable amount of genuine obstructiveness), 

 the whole of the specimens in the museum would 

 undoubtedly have been lost ; as it is, a good many 

 valuable local specimens — valuable as being still 

 capable of being proved to be genuine Channel 

 Island specimens — have been preserved, and a good 

 nucleus kept for the foundation of a new museum, 

 should interest in the subject revive and the local 

 authorities be disposed to assist in its formation. 

 In my notices of each bird I have mentioned 

 whether there is a specimen in the museum, and 

 also whether it is included in Professor Ansted's 

 list, and if so in which of the Islands he has marked 

 it as occurring. 



No doubt the Ornithology of the Channel Islands, 

 as is the case in many counties of England, has 

 been considerably changed by drainage works, 

 improved cultivation, and road - making ; much 

 alteration of this sort I can see has taken place 

 during the thirty years which I have known 

 the Islands as an occasional visitor. But 

 Mr. MacCulloch, who has been resident in the 

 Islands for a much longer period — in fact, he has 



