452 The Zoologist — October, 1866. 



Kittiwake. — Breeds in some numbers in Guernsey, Alderuey and 

 Sark. 



Common Gull. — Not very common. 



Herring Gull. — The common gull of the Channel Islands. Breeds 

 in great numbers in Guernsey, Sark and Alderney, and a few at Jettro 

 and Harm. I caught three young ones on the rocks at Sark, and 

 brought them home ; they are now very tame and always hungry. 



Lesser Blnckbacked Gull. — Not very common; I saw a few at each 

 of the breeding stations of the herring gull. I shot one of these birds 

 on the 17th of July, in a transition state, of which the following is a 

 description : — Beak generally dark horn-colour, with occasional 

 patches of yellow, and two small patches of red on the angle of the 

 lower mandible. Head, neck and breast dirty white, with a few 

 small streaks of brown on the nape. Back generally black, almost 

 the same colour as the mature bird. Scapulars the same. Lesser 

 wing-coverts dusky, almost black and light brown, making two bands 

 on one wing ; on the other the bands are by no means so distinct, 

 the dark and light feathers being more muddled together. Great 

 coverts nearly the same, forming a dark and light band on each wing. 

 Quills daik dusky, almost black. Secondaries the same, with white 

 tips, and edges very much worn. Tertials dark dusky, with white tips. 

 Tail-coveits and tail white, except the second and third feathers on 

 each side of the tail, which are more or less speckled with brown, 

 especially on the inner web; the tips of these four feathers are dark 

 brown, edged with white. The eye, T think, was yellow; but I am 

 sorry to say I forgot to make a note of it at the lime. This bird is 

 evidently in a state of moult, the lighter feathers on the body and 

 wings being very much rubbed, and indeed worn quite ragged ; the 

 darker, on the other hand, appears more perfect. The specimen, on 

 the whole, is rather an ugly one, but ititereslingf as showing the change 

 of plumage. 



Great Blackhacked Gull. — Not nearly so numerous as the last. I 

 have occasionally seen one on the sands of Vozon Bay, Guern.sey, 

 and also on the sandy beach to the northward of Herm. 



These are all the birds I have been able to observe myself, but my 

 visits to the Channel Islands having always been in the summer, of 

 course the list is very short of including all the birds. There is a 

 tolerably good Museum in St. Peter's Port, Guernsey, but it is uow 

 unfortunately much neglected, many of the best specimens being moth- 



