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self, so there may easily have been a mistake on 

 this point. 



Mr. MacCulloch writes me word that a Marsh 

 Harrier was killed in Herm in May, 1875. It may 

 be just possible, however, that this is the same bird 

 recorded by Miss C.B.Carey, and that Mr. MacCulloch 

 only heard of it in the May of the following year, 

 and noted it accordingly. This, however, is mere 

 supposition on my part, for which I have no reason 

 except that both birds were said to have been killed 

 in Herm, and both in May. 



Professor Ansted mentions the Marsh Harrier in 

 his list, but marks it as only found in Guernsey. 



12. HEN HARRIER. Circus cyaneus, Linnaeus. 

 French, " Busard St. Martin."* The Hen Harrier, 

 perhaps, occurs rather more frequently than the 

 Marsh Harrier, but it can only be considered a rare 

 occasional visitant. In June, 1876, I saw one 

 young Hen Harrier, which had been shot in Herm 

 in the April of that year, about the same time as 

 the Iceland Falcon, and by the same keeper, who 

 had brought it to Mr. Couch to stuff. Another was 

 shot in Herm on the 19th of June, 1877. This 

 bird is now in Mr. Maxwell's collection, where I 

 saw it on the 27th of June. It was first reported 

 to me by Mr. Jago, the bird-stuffer in Guernsey. 



These are the only two Channel Island specimens 



* See Temminck. 



