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of was one recorded by Mr. Couch in the ' Zoologist' 

 for 1874, as having been killed on the 3rd of 

 October. Mr. Couch adds that this was the first 

 specimen of the Common Sandpiper he had had 

 since he had been in the Islands. 



The Common Sandpiper is included in Professor 

 Ansted's list, and marked as occurring in Guernsey 

 and Sark. There is no specimen in the Museum. 



115. BART AILED GOD WIT. Limosa lapponica, 

 Linnaeus. French, "Barge rousse." The Bartailed 

 Godwit is a regular and sometimes rather numerous 

 spring and autumn visitant. In May, 1876, a 

 considerable number of these birds seem to have 

 rested on the little Island of Herm, where the 

 keeper shot three of them ; two of these are now in 

 my possession, and are very interesting, as though 

 all shot at the same time I believe on the same 

 day they are in various stages of plumage, the 

 most advanced being in thorough breeding-plumage, 

 and the other not nearly so far advanced ; and the 

 third, which I saw but have not got, was not so far 

 advanced as either of the others. In the two which 

 I have the change of colour in the feathers, 

 without moult, may be seen in the most interesting 

 manner, especially in the least advanced, as many 

 of the feathers are still parti- coloured, the colouring 

 matter not having spread over the whole feather ; 

 in the most advanced, however, nearly all the 



