32 BIRDS OF GUERNSEY. 



in a note to Professor Ansted's list, confirms the 

 scarcity of the Jay, as he says the Book and the 

 Jay are rarely seen here, although they are in- 

 digenous to Jersey. The local name " Geai" may 

 perhaps have misled him as to the occasional 

 appearance of the Jay. I have never seen a real 

 Jay in Guernsey myself. 



As far as I am able to judge from occasional 

 visits to the Island for the last thirty years the 

 Mistletoe Thrush has greatly increased in numbers 

 in Guernsey, especially within the last few years, 

 and Mr. MacCulloch and others who are resident in 

 the Island quite agree with me in this. I do not 

 think its numbers are much increased at any time 

 of year by migrants, though a few foreigners may 

 arrive in the autumn, at which time of year con- 

 siderable numbers of Mistletoe Thrushes are brought 

 into the Guernsey market, where they may be seen 

 hanging in bunches with Common Thrushes, Ked- 

 wings, Blackbirds, Fieldfares, Starlings, and an 

 occasional King Ouzel. Fieldfares and Mistletoe 

 Thrushes usually sell at fourpence each, the rest at 

 four pence a couple. 



Professor Ansted mentions it in his list, but con- 

 fines it to Guernsey and Sark. This is certainly 

 not now the case, as I have seen it nearly as 

 numerous in Alderney and Herm as any of the 

 other Islands. There is a specimen in the Museum. 



