50 BIRDS OF GUERNSEY. 



means common in the Channel Islands — indeed 

 I have never seen one there myself, but Miss C. B. 

 Carey records one in the ' Zoologist ' for 1874 as 

 having been knocked dovm. with a stone in the 

 April of that year and brought into Couch's shop, 

 where she saw it. I have no doubt of the correct- 

 ness of this identification, as Miss Carey knew the 

 bird well. I see no reason why it should not be 

 more common in Guernsey than is usually sup- 

 posed, as there are many places well suited to it, 

 but its rather dull plumage, and its habit of hiding 

 itself in thick furze-bushes, and creeping from one 

 to another as soon as disturbed, contribute to keep 

 it much out of sight, unless one knows and can 

 imitate its call-note, in which case the male bird 

 will soon answer and flutter up to the topmost twig 

 of the furze-bush in which it may have previously 

 been concealed, fluttering its wings, and repeating 

 the call until again distm'bed. This is the only 

 occurrence of which I am aware in any of the 

 Islands, included in the limits I have prescribed for 

 myself ; but Mr. Harvie Brown has recorded two 

 seen by him near Greve de Lecq, in Jersey, in 

 January. See ' Zoologist' for 1869, p. 1561. 



It is not included in Professor Ansted's list, and 

 there is no specimen in the Museum. 



38. Whitethroat. Sylvia nif a, 'Boddsiert. French. 

 '' Fauvette grise," ''Becfin Grisette."— The White- 



