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made the statement in the ' Zoologist ' for 1866 

 that it did breed in the Channel Islands ; sub- 

 sequent experience, however, has convinced me 

 that the Kittiwake does not breed in any of the 

 Islands. Captain Hubback, however, informed me 

 that a few were breeding on the rocks to the south 

 of Alderney in 1878, but when Mr. Howard Saunders 

 and I went with him to the spot on the 25th June, 

 we found no Kittiwakes there, all those Captain 

 Hubback had previously seen having probably de- 

 parted to their breeding-stations before our visit, and 

 after they had been seen by him some time in May. 

 Professor Ansted includes the Kittiwake in his 

 list, but only marks it as occurring in Guernsey 

 and Sark. There are two specimens in the Museum, 

 an adult bird and a young one in that state of 

 plumage in which it is the Tarrock of Bewick and 

 some of the older authors. 



167. HERRING GULL. Larus argentatus, Gmelin. 

 French, " Goeland argente," " Goeland a manteau 

 bleu." The Herring Gull is very common, indeed 

 the commonest Gull, and is resident in all the 

 Islands throughout the year, breeding in nearly all 

 of them in such places -as are suited to it. In 

 Guernsey it breeds on the high cliffs, from the 

 so-called Gull Cliff, near Pleinmont, to the Corbiere, 

 the Gouffre, the Moye Point to Petit Bo in 

 considerable numbers ; from Petit Bo Bay to 



