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be there, and was consequently on the look out for it all the time : 

 I only saw one specimen, and that in Guernsey, the day before I 

 left. 



Hoopoe. — Had one brought me, in the flesh, from Alderney, on a 

 former visit; it is now in ray collection. I believe, however, this bird 

 has frequently been met with in Guernsey and Alderney. 



Cuckoo. — Very common in all the Islands. 



Kingfisher. — I have seen several kingfishers amongst the wild rocks 

 on the northern shore of Guernsey. One also used to frequent a 

 small pond in the garden of the friend with whom I was staying. 



Swallow. — Common everywhere. 



Martin. — Not so common as the last. 



Swift. — A ievf swifts breed in the highest rocks of each of the 

 Islands. They appear to me to be rather less common in Guernsey 

 than in either of the other Islands. 



Wood Pigeon. — I have seen a ievi wood pigeons in Guernsey; none 

 in the other Islands. 



Turtle Dove. — Shot one near Vozon Bay, Guernsey ; the only one 

 I saw. 



Little Bustard. — Though I have not been able to find one of these 

 birds myself, I believe I may include it in my list, as I had a letter 

 from my brother-in-law, dated Guernsey, March 5lh, 1866, in which he 

 said, " A bustard has been shot here by a Guernsey farmer." There is 

 also one in the Museum, said to have been killed in Guernsey last 

 year, now much moth-eaten. 



Ring Dotterel. — Generally very common, though on the first two or 

 three weeks after my arrival this time, I found the ring dotterel 

 excessively scarce, even on parts of the coast where, on other visits, I 

 had found them very numerous : towards the middle of July, however, 

 they began to frequent their usual haunts in small parties of six or 

 seven, most probably the old birds with their young: these parties 

 very soon increased in number to twenty or thirty, and before my 

 departure, on the last day of July, they mustered quite as thick as I 

 had ever seen them before. 



Kentish Plover. — I shot two Kentish plovers, a male and female, on 

 the 2nd of July, at one of the bays near the Vale Church, Guernsey. 

 I also saw a pair in Alderney, in company with some ring dotterel. 



Gray Plover. — Have seen a few on other visits to Guernsey, but 

 never succeeded in obtaining a specimen, as they were always ex- 

 cessively wild. 



