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were it at all common a few certainly Avoiild have 

 occasional!}' found their way there. 



Professor Ansted includes it in his list, but only 

 marks it as occurring in Guernsey. There is no 

 specimen at present in the Museum. 



123. Curlew Sandpiper. Trim/a suharquafa, 

 Giildenstaedt. French, " Becasseau cocorli." — 

 The Curlew Sandpiper, or Pigmy Curlew as it is 

 sometimes called, can only be considered a rare 

 occasional visitant to the Channel Islands. I have 

 never seen or shot one there myself, but Mr. Couch 

 records one in the 'Zoologist' for 1874 as having 

 been shot near the Pdchmond Barracks on the 5th 

 of October of that year. Colonel L 'Estrange told 

 me also that some were seen in a small bay near 

 Grand Kocque in the autumn of 1877. It may, 

 however, have occurred at other times and been 

 passed over or looked upon as only a Purre, 

 from which bird, however, it may immediately be 

 distinguished by its longer legs and taller form 

 when on the ground, and by the white rump. 



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

 there is no specimen in the Museum. 



124. Purre or Dunlin. Truuja alpina, Linnaeus. 

 French, " Becasseau brunette," " Becasseau 

 variable." — The Purre is resident in all the Islands 

 throughout the year in considerable numbers, which 



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