112 BIRDS OF GUERNSEY. 



same time as in England. Neither Miss Carey nor 

 Mr. Couch ever mention it in their notes on 

 Guernsey birds in the ' Zoologist ' : and Mr. Mac- 

 Culloch, writing to me ahout the bird, does not go 

 farther than to say " The Turtle Dove has, I believe, 

 been known to breed here." In June, 1866, however, 

 I shot one in very wild weather, flying across the 

 bay at Vazon Bay ; so wild was the weather with 

 drifting fog and rain that I did not know what 

 I had till I picked it up ; in fact, when I shot it 

 I thought it was some wader, flying through the fog 

 towards me. This summer (1878) I saw two at 

 Mr. Jago's which had been shot at Herm in May, 

 just before I came ; and in June I saw one or two 

 more about in Guernsey. The pair shot in Herm 

 would probably have bred in that island if they had 

 been left unmolested. 



Professor Ansted mentions it in his list, but only 

 as occurring in Guernsey, and there is one specimen 

 in the Museum. 



93. QUAIL. Coturnix communis, Bonnaterre. 

 French, " Caille." I have never seen the Quail in 

 the Islands myself, and it cannot be considered 

 more than an occasional straggler ; there can be no 

 doubt, however, that it sometimes remains to breed, 

 as there are some eggs in the Museum which I have 

 reason to believe are Guernsey taken, and Mr. Mac- 

 Culloch writes me word that " Quails certainly visit 



