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it, as, though I was not playing in the game, I 

 heard the birds very noisy in other parts of the 

 Island. This last summer, however (1878), I saw 

 very few Wrynecks only four or five during the 

 whole of the two months I was in the Islands, and 

 hardly heard them at all. 



It is included in Professor Ansted's list, but only 

 marked as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. 

 There are two specimens in the Museum. 



83. HOOPOE. Upupa Epops, Linnaeus. French, 

 "La Huppe," " Huppe ordinaire." The Hoopoe, 

 as may be supposed from its geographical range 

 and from its frequent occurrence in various parts of 

 England, is an occasional visitant to the Channel 

 Islands during the seasons of migration, occurring 

 both in spring and autumn with sufficient frequency 

 to have gained the name of " Tuppe " in Guernsey- 

 French. Though occurring in spring and autumn, 

 I am not aware that it ever remains to breed, though 

 perhaps it might do so if not shot on every possible 

 occasion. This shooting of every straggler to the 

 Channel Islands is a great pity, especially with the 

 spring arrivals, as some of them might well be ex- 

 pected to remain to breed occasionally if left 

 undisturbed ; and the proof of the Hoopoe breeding 

 in the Channel Islands would be much more 

 interesting than the mere possession of a specimen 

 of so common and well-known a bird : if a local 



