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41. WILLOW WREN. Phylloscopus trochilus, Lin- 

 naeus. French, " Bee-fin Pouillat." The Willow 

 Wren is a tolerably numerous summer visitant, I 

 believe, to all the Islands, though I have only seen 

 it myself in Guernsey and Sark. In Guernsey I 

 have seen it about the Grand Mare, and in some 

 trees near the road about St. George, and about 

 the Vallon on the other side of the Island. It 

 remains all the summer and breeds. 



Professor Ansted has not included it in his list, 

 although it seems tolerably well known, and has a 

 local name "D'mouaiselle," which Mr. Metivier, in 

 his 'Dictionary,' applies to the Willow Wren of the 

 English. This name, however, is probably equally 

 applicable to the Chiffchaff. 



42. CHIFFCHAFF. Phylloscopus collybita, Vieillot. 

 French, "Bee-fin veloce." The Chiffchaff is cer- 

 tainly more common in Guernsey than the Willow 

 Wren. In Guernsey I have seen it in several 

 places ; about Candie, where a pair had a nest this 

 summer in the mowing-grass before the house ; near 

 the Vallon; and about St. George. I have also 

 seen it in Sark, but not in either of the other 

 Islands, though no doubt it occurs in Herm, if not 

 in Alderney. 



It is mentioned by Professor Ansted as occurring 

 in Guernsey and Sark. I have never seen the 

 Wood Wren in Guernsey, and, judging from its 



