34 BIRDS OF GUERNSEY. 



shot and brought into the market departing again 

 in March and April. 



25. Fieldfare. Tardus 2nloris,ljinnsens . French, 

 ''Grive Htorne," ''Merle litorne."— Like the Eed- 

 wing, the Fieldfare is a regular and numerous 

 winter visitant, and arrives and departs about the 

 same time. 



When in Guernsey in November, 1871, I did not 

 see either Eedwings or Fieldfares till a few days 

 after my arrival on the 1st ; after that both species 

 were numerous, and a few days later plenty of 

 them might be seen hanging up in the market with 

 the Thrushes and Blackbirds, but for the first few 

 days there were none to be seen there. Probably 

 this was rather a late year, as neither bird could 

 have arrived in any numbers till the first week in 

 November, and in all probability not till towards 

 the end of the week. 



26. Blackbird. Turclus merida, Linnaeus. 

 French, " Merle noir." — The Blackbird is a com- 

 mon and numerous resident in all the Islands in 

 the Bailiwick of Guernsey. The Guernsey gar- 

 deners, like tlieii* brethren in England, make a 

 great fuss about the mischief done by Blackbirds 

 in the gardens, and no doubt Blackbirds, like the 

 Golden Orioles, are " grand gobem's " of many 

 kinds of fruit ; but the gardeners should remember 



