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 down 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 disturbed. 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. #Zwarz/a,Boddaert. French, 

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



