BIRDS OF GUERNSEY. 8 



MacCulloch writes to me that one was wounded 

 and taken alive in the parish of the Forest in 

 Guernsey in 1845. It was said to be one of a pair, 

 and he adds " I have known several instances of 

 its appearance since both here (Guernsey) and in 

 Herm," but unluckily he gives no dates and could 

 not remember at what time of year any of the 

 occurrences he had noted had taken place. This is 

 to be regretted, as although the bird occurs almost 

 every autumn indeed, so frequently as to render 

 mention of further instances of its occurrence at 

 that time of year unnecessary its occurrence in 

 the spring is rare, and some of those noted by 

 Mr. MacCulloch might have been at that time of 

 year. As it is, I only know of one spring occur- 

 rence, and that was reported to me by Mr. Couch 

 as having taken place at Herm on the 23rd of 

 March, 1877. 



The White-tailed Eagle is included in Professor 

 Ansted's list, but its range in the Islands is restricted 

 to Guernsey. There is one in the museum, pro- 

 bably killed in Guernsey, in the plumage in which 

 the Channel Island specimens usually occur, but no 

 note is given as to locality or date. 



2. OSPREY. Pandion haliceetus, Linnaeus. French, 

 " Balbusard." I have never met with the Osprey 

 myself in the Channel Islands, nor have I, as far as 

 I remember, seen a Channel Island specimen. I 



