38 BIRDS OF GUERNSF.Y. 



Professor Ansted mentions the Hedgesparrow in 

 his list, but restricts it to Guernsey and Sark. I 

 have, however, frequently seen it in Alderney and 

 Herm, and the little Island of Jethou. 



29. KoBiN. Ericathus ruhecula, Linnseus. French. 

 " Becfin rouge-gorge," " Rouge gorge." The Robin, 

 like the Hedgesparrow, is a common resident in 

 all the Islands, and I cannot find that its numbers 

 are increased at any time of year by migration. 

 But on the other hand I should think a good many 

 of the young must be di'iven off to seek quarters 

 elsewhere by their most pugnacious parents, for of 

 all birds the Robin is by far the most pugnacious 

 with which I am acquainted, and deserves the name 

 of "pugnax" much more than the Ruff, and in a 

 limited si3ace like Jethou and Herm battles between 

 the old and the young w^ould be constant unless 

 some of the young departed altogether from the 

 Island. 



Professor Ansted includes the Robin in his list, 

 but, as with the Hedgesparrow, only mentions 

 it as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. It is, 

 however, equally common in Alderney, Jethou, and 

 Herm. 



30. Redstart. Ruticilla 2)hoemcurus, Linnaeus. 

 French, "Rouge-queue," "Becfin des murailles." 

 — I should not have included the Redstart in this 



