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more especially of my French frientls, whom I triisi will 

 pay to it the attention it so well merits. There are two 

 most excollent observers on Ouessant at the respective 

 Lighthouses. Would it not he well to supply them with 

 shedules for their observations? to receive and examino 

 the wings of the birds killed against the lanterns? and to 

 report annually the results of their investigations to the 

 pages of u Ornis »? 



Corvus corax (Grand Corbeau). 



Ouessant. A pair nest an the cliffs of the island. We 

 saw them together daily during our sejourn. 



Corvus corone (Corbeau Corneille). 

 Ouessant. Common. 



Corvus frugilegus (Corbeau freux). 

 Le Conquet. An abundant species in the neighbourhood. 



Corvus monedula (Corbeau choucas). 

 Le Conquet. Common. 



Pica rustica (Pie vulgaire). 

 Le Conquet. Several observed. 



Garrulus glandarius (Geai glandivore). 

 Le Conquet. Appeared to be a very common species 



Sturnus vulgaris (Etourneau vulgaire). 



Ouessant. This species occurs in great numbers as a 

 bird of passage. It is also a winter visitor to the island. 



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