1920.] On the Ornithology of the Island of Texel. 361 



X. — A Contribution to the Ornithology of the Island of 

 Texel. By Lieut. Claud B. Ticehukst, R.A.M.C, M.A., 

 M.B.O.U. 



As a good many Englishmen have at one time or another 

 visited the Island of Texel during the nesting-season, to see 

 the Avocets, Black-tailed Godwits, and other birds which 

 breed there, I thought it might be of interest to publish the 

 notes of two expeditions to the island made by Mr. Bonhote 

 and myself during the autumn migration in 1906 and 1908. 

 To our notes I have added records made during the nesting- 

 season by various authors in order to make the list of species 

 as complete as possible, though inability to hunt up all 

 records precludes this paper from being anything like com- 

 plete. Our first visit lasted from 24 August to 3 September, 

 1906, and the second from 15 September to 10 October, 1908, 

 Mr. Bonhote being alone part of the time. He has already 

 dealt with the results of our observations solely from the 

 point of view of migration *. 



The following papers are alluded to : — 



1. J. P. Thijsse's List of Breeding Species reprinted in 



Norf. and Norw. Trans, v. pp. 172-4 : abbreviated 

 as (Th.). The date of this list is prior to 



2. " Eien Besuch bei den Brutvogeln der holland- 



ischen Nordseeinseln," by 0. Leege-Juist : Ornitb. 

 Monatsb. xxxii. p. 357, &c. : abbreviated as (L.J.). 

 The date of this visit was 1906. 



3. A short Account of a Spring Visit, which appeared 



in the ' Field,' 23 October, 1909 : by Mr. Davies. 



4. A Visit to a Dutch Sanctuary, with Notes on the 



Bird-Life of Texel Island, by M. Vaughan, M.A., 

 M.B.O.U., Norf. and Norw. Trans, x. pp. 107-125 : 

 abbreviated as (V.). 



In addition to these papers, Messrs. Charles Pearson and 

 H. L. Popham have given me a few notes on the birds 



* ' Ornis,' 1910. 



