The Zoologist — October, 1866. 451 



Turnstone. — Not very uncommon. They began to make their 

 appearance a little after the ring dotterel, and generally mixed with 

 them. I shot one for my collection, in full summer plumage, on the 

 30th of July. I have observed turnstones in Herm, as well as 

 in Guernsey, but not in any of the other Islands. 



Sanderling. — Shot one in Vozou Bay, Guernsey, on a former visit, 

 a little later in the year. 



Oystercatcher. — Very numerous in all the Islands. 



Curlew and Whimbrel. — Saw a few of both these birds, but they 

 were excessively wild. 



Green Sandpiper, — Not very common ; saw a few in the bays to 

 the north and west of the Island. 



Common Sandpiper. — Same observations as the last. 



Bartailed Godwit. — Not very common ; shot one at Herm, a young 

 bird of the year, on a former visit, about a month later ; indeed I think 

 this bird made part of my 1st of September bag. 



Purre or Dunlin. — There are a good many of these birds about 

 with the ring dotterel, but they are not nearly so numerous. 



Landrail. — I heard the landrail, in Guernsey, Alderney and 

 Sark. 



Common Guillemot. — Numerous at times; saw a few at Alderney, 

 where they probably breed. 



Puffin. — There were great quantities about Alderney and Herm, in 

 both of which Islands, as well as the wild uninhabited rocks around, 

 they breed in immense numbers. Going through the Swinge, in the 

 steamer, a narrow passage between Alderney and a little island called 

 Burhoo, we passed a great flock of these birds ; in fact, for more than 

 a mile both air and water were swarming with them. 



Razorbill. — Not nearly so numerous as the puflins, but a good many 

 breed both in Alderney and Herm. 



Shag. — Shags breed in considerable quantities in all the Islands, 

 though the Farrier Rocks, one of their chief breeding stations, is 

 getting rather too hot to hold them, the Artillery stationed at the Fort 

 in Guernsey having chosen one of those rocks for a target for their 

 Armstrong gun : one of the officers told me he was watching the 

 practice with his glass, and saw a shell burst exactly over a rock which 

 was nearly covered with shags, a great number of which fell victims to 

 the shot. 



Gannel. — -Saw one, a young bird, fly over the steamer when on the 

 passage from Guernsey to Alderney. 



