144 BIRDS OF GUERNSEY. 



in Guernsey and Sark, and all three are, at least, 

 as common in Alderney as in the other two Islands. 

 There is one specimen in the Museum. 



121. JACK SNIPE. Gallinago gallinula, Linnaeus. 

 French, " Becassine Jourde." The Jack Snipe is a 

 regular autumnal visitant to all the Islands, but 

 never so numerous as the Common Snipe. A few 

 may always be seen, however, hung up in the 

 market with the Common Snipes through the 

 autumn and winter. 



Professor Ansted includes it in his list, and 

 marks it only as occurring in Guernsey and Sark. 

 There is no specimen at present in the Museum. 



122. KNOT. Tringa canutus, Brisson. French, 

 " Becasseau canut," "Becasseau maubeche." 

 Common as the Knot is on the south and west 

 coast of England during autumn and winter, it is 

 by no means so common in the Channel Islands. 

 I have never shot it there myself in any of my 

 autumnal expeditions. Miss C. B. Carey records 

 one, however, in the ' Zoologist' for 1871, as having 

 been shot on September the 23rd of that year ; and 

 Mr. Harvie Brown mentions seeing a solitary Knot 

 far out on the shore at Herm in January, 1869. 

 These are the only occasions I am certain about, 

 although it probably occurs sparingly every year, 

 but I have never seen it even in the market, and 



