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33. Whinchat. PmUncola ruhctra, Linnaeus. 

 French, " Tarier ordinaire," " Traquet tarier."— 

 The Whinchat seems to me never so numerous as 

 the Stonechat, and more local in its distribution 

 dui'ing the time it is in the Islands. It is only a 

 summer visitant, and I doubt if it always remains 

 to breed, though it certainly does so occasionally, 

 as I have seen it in Guernsey through June and 

 July mostly in the south part of the Island, near 

 Pleimont. In my last visit to the Islands, however, 

 in June and July, 1878, I did not see the Whinchat 

 anywhere, neither did I see one when there in 



June, 1876. 



Professor Ansted mcludes the Whinchat in his 

 list, and marks it as occurring in Guernsey and 

 Sark. There is no specimen in the Museum. 



34. Wheatear. Saxicola CEnanthe, Lkmseus. 

 French, '' Motteux cul blanc," " Traquet moteux." 



A very common summer visitant to all the 



Islands, arriving in March and departing again in 

 October, none remaining through the winter— at 

 least, I have never seen a Wheatear in the Islands 

 as late as November on any occasion. In the Vale, 

 where a great many breed, the young began to 

 make their appearance out of the nest and flying 

 about, but still fed by their parents, about the 16th 

 of June. In Guernsey it is rather locally distri- 

 buted, being common ail round the coast, both on 



