360 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
referable to 53 species, forming, it is believed, the finest living series of 
these birds in existence. Amongst the rarer species lately introduced and 
successfully propagated by the Society special attention was called to the 
Rosy-billed Duck of Chili, the Paradise Sheldrake of New Zealand, and 
the Trumpeter Swan of North America. In conclusion, the lecturer urged 
upon friends and correspondents of the Society the desirability of increasing 
the list of acclimatizable species of Waterfowl, and gave particulars of birds 
of this group to be found in various parts of the world which would make 
highly desirable additions to the Society's collection. | 
OrniTHoLocicAL Notes rrom GurrnsEY.—To those who take any 
interest in the Ornithology of the Chaunel Islands, it may be interesting 
to know that the following birds were shot in Guernsey or Herm during 
the last severe winter of 1879-80. I regret that I am unable to give the 
exact dates, but the majority were killed during the latter half of December. 
The list of species, all of them unusual in this locality, is as follows :— 
Pomatorhine Skua, Bean Goose, three Hider Ducks, Bittern, three Spotted 
Crakes, three Peregrines, two Rough-legged Buzzards, and a number of 
Long-eared Owls. It is, I believe, the first time that the Pomatorhine 
Skua has been taken in Guernsey. Last year there seems to have been an 
unusual migratory movement of all the Skuas along the east coast, which 
may perhaps account for a straggler finding its way to Guernsey. The 
Bittern and Crakes were killed in Guernsey ; the Peregrines and Buzzards 
in Herm. The small and thinly populated island of Herm, about three 
miles from Guernsey, seems a very favourite resort for all birds. I have 
meutioned the Rough-legged Buzzards because of the time of year when 
they were killed. Mr. Cecil Smith, in his interesting book on the ‘ Birds 
of Guernsey,’ seems to think that they generally leave the islands much 
earlier. However, a Buzzard, probably a Rough-legged one, was frequently 
seen throughout the winter near the Vallon, St. Martin’s, Guernsey. It 
left about the last week in January. There was a large flight of Long-eared 
Owls over in Guernsey last winter. It was considered most unusual, though 
a few have occasionally been seen before. I have a fine specimen which a 
friend of mine shot when out Snipe-shooting one morning in January. 
‘There were numbers of Starlings in Guernsey last winter. Any evening 
about sunset large flocks might be seen flying to their roosting trees in the 
Vallon. On March 2nd and 8rd there was a tremendous gale from the 
S.W., when most of the Starlings left; a few, however, remain to breed. 
Whether this wintering in Guernsey be unusual I do not know; but 
Mr. Smith states that they generally leave in the autumn. Stonechats, 
too, remained in the island during last winter; on February 25th I saw a 
number on L’Ancresse Common. ‘The Stonechat, though a resident with 
us, is migratory on the Continent, and in Guernsey likewise, according to 
