2924 THE ZOOLOGIST—FEBRUARY, 1872. 
very wild, and seem to have taken good care of themselves, as there 
were none in the market. 
Squacco Heron.—\ purchased a specimen of this bird from 
Mr. Couch, which he told me was shotin the island in the summer 
of 1867, and from inquiries I have made I have no doubt his 
information is correct. 
Ruff.—There was one young ruff in Couch’s shop which had 
been shot in Guernsey just before I got there. 
Woodcock, Snipe and Jack Snipe.—Several, couples of each of 
these birds were killed whilst 1 was in the island. I did not geta 
shot at a cock myself, and only one at snipe, as I could not get 
into the most likely places for them without trespassing on some- 
body’s ground. The snipe which I bagged I found, with two 
others which rose wild, in a most unlikely place for snipe, below 
high-water mark on hard granite rock and amongst buge boulders: 
like the golden plover, they had probably betaken themselves to 
these inhospitable rocks to escape the gunners inland. 
Little Slint.—I saw one in a state of being skinned at Couch’s: 
it had been shot just before I got to the island. Shore-birds were 
by no means plentiful: there were a few very wild curlews ; some 
purres and golden plovers; no gray plovers, knots'or sanderlings 
did I see, though I looked diligently for them. The only birds 
really numerous on the shore were the ring dotterel and 
turnstones: I got one or two specimens of the latter, which were 
interesting as showing the change from summer to winter plumage; 
by-the-bye, Yarrell’s short note of the winter plumage,—“ the black, 
white and ferruginous portions of the plumage are not so rich in 
colour,”—is hardly correct, as the ferruginous disappears altogether, 
as also does the white on the top of the head. 
Water Rail.—There was one in the market which had been 
killed the day before in the island, but I could not make out the 
exact locality. 
Teal.—A friend of mine, after a hard day’s shooting, from six in 
the morning till dark, told me he succeeded in bagging one teal and 
one woodcock: this does not appear to be all he shot at, as he 
told me he had five double shots at one snipe, which got off after 
all. Besides the teal killed by my friend, I also saw one or two in 
the market and one at Couch’s shop. 
Common Scoter.—I saw only one, al a place called Peville Bay, 
on the west of the island, but I believe they are occasionally common. 
