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marked as occurring in Guernsey only. There is 

 no specimen in the Museum. 



126. SANDERLING. Calidris arenaria, Linnaeus. 

 French, "Sanderling variable." The Sanderlingis 

 a regular and rather early autumn visitant to all 

 the Islands, as I have shot one as early as the end 

 of August in Cobo Bay in Guernsey ; this is about 

 the time the Sanderling makes its first appearance 

 on the opposite side of the Channel at Torbay. I 

 have not met with it later on in October and No- 

 vember, but no doubt a few remain throughout the 

 winter as they do in Torbay, where I have shot 

 Sanderlings as late as the 27th of December ; 

 a few also probably visit the Islands on their return 

 migration in the spring. The two in the Museum 

 seem to bear out this, as one is nearly in winter 

 plumage, and the other is assuming the red plumage 

 of the breeding season, and could not have been 

 killed before April or May. 



The Sanderling is included in Professor Ansted's 

 list, and marked by him as occurring in Guernsey 

 and Sark. 



127. GREY PHALAROPE. Phalaropus fulicarius, 

 Linnaeus. French, " Phalarope gris," " Phalarope 

 roussatre," " Phalarope phatyrhinque." *-- The 

 Grey Phalarope is a tolerably regular and occa- 



* For. the last, see Temmiuck's ' Man. d'Ornithologie.' 



