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his description sounded very much as if it had 

 been a Bearded Tit ; but the bird had been thrown 

 away directly after it was shot, and there was no 

 chance of verifying the description. 



50. WAXWING. Ampelis garrulus, Linnaeus. 

 French, " Jaseur de Boheme," " Grand Jaseur." 

 As would seem probable from its occasional 

 appearance in nearly every county in England, the 

 Waxwing does occasionally make its appearance in 

 Guernsey as a straggler. I have never seen it 

 myself, but Mr. MacCulloch writes me word " I 

 have known the Bohemian Waxwing killed here on 

 several occasions, but have not the date." 



An interesting account of the nesting habits of 

 this bird, and the discovery of the nests and eggs 

 by Mr. Wolley, was published by Professor Newton 

 in the ' Ibis ' for 1861, and will be found also in 

 Dresser's ' Birds of Europe.' and in the new edition 

 of ' Yarrell,' by Professor Newton. 



It is included in Professor Ansted's list, and 

 marked as occurring in Guernsey ; and there is one 

 specimen in the Museum. 



51. PIED WAGTAIL. Motacilla lugubris, Tem- 

 minck. French, " Bergeronette Yarrellii." * The 

 Pied Wagtail has probably been better known to 



* See Temminck's * Man. d'Ornith.' 



