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it is now so sought after by birdcatchers that it has become very 

 scarce. 



Common Linnet. — The common bird of the Islands, and equally so 

 m all of them. Here again, as in so many other cases, Professor 

 Ansted has made the mistake of marking this bird in his list as only to 

 be found in Guernsey and Sark, whereas it is equally common in the 

 other Islands. 



Common Crossbill. — I saw one of these birds in the red plumage 

 during an expedition to Sark on the 25th of June ; it was feeding on 

 a large fir-cone in the garden of Mr. Collins, the Lord of Sark ; it was 

 very tame, and allowed me to approach quite close. On my return to 

 Guernsey I was asked by a birdcatcher there what some birds were 

 which bad been brought to him, and which he described as being 

 some green and some red, and like parrots : having seen the crossbill 

 in Sark the day before, I thought they were probably crossbills, and 

 asked him to get me some specimens : in a day or two he brought me 

 two birds dead and one alive ; the dead ones were one in the green 

 and one in the red plumage ; the live one is a darker green than the 

 others, and I should think a young bird of the year. I brought it 

 safely home; it is now (August 20th) alive and well in my aviary, where 

 I hope it will live and flourish, as 1 am very anxious to watch it 

 through the different changes of plumage. Is it not unusual to find 

 these birds so far south as the Channel Islands so early in the year as 

 the 25th of June.? They evidently are not very common there, as 

 they were not known to the birdcatcher or to the person who shot 

 them. 



Chough. — Not at all uncommon in Guernsey, where, indeed, they 

 are more numerous than jackdaws. At Herm, on the other hand, the 

 jackdaws predominate : I also savv- some in Alderney and Sark. 



Raven. — I saw two ravens in Guernsey, near the south end of the 

 Island. 



Crow. — Not uncommon in any of the Islands. 



Jackdaw. — Tolerably common about the cliffs in all the Islands, 

 especially Jettro and Herra. 



Magpie. — I have seen a kw of these birds in both Guernsey and 

 Sark. 



Wryneck. — Very common in Guernsey. I have not myself been 

 able to find it in either of the other Islands. 



Common Creeper. — Not at all common, though 1 expected it must 



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