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  BIRD-LIFE 
  IN 
  JERSEY. 
  

   By 
  Sergeant 
  H. 
  Maokay, 
  2nd 
  H.L.I. 
  

  

  The 
  fascinating 
  study 
  of 
  the 
  lives 
  of 
  birds, 
  their 
  mysterious 
  

   migratory 
  movements 
  and 
  marvellous 
  obedience 
  to 
  that 
  peculiar 
  

   instinct 
  which 
  compels 
  certain 
  species 
  to 
  wander 
  from 
  one 
  

   country 
  to 
  another 
  as 
  the 
  seasons 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  demand, 
  is 
  a 
  

   never-failing 
  source 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  the 
  ornithological 
  student. 
  

   I 
  have, 
  however, 
  no 
  desire 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time 
  to 
  discuss 
  that 
  

   strange 
  law 
  by 
  which 
  the 
  movements 
  of 
  birds 
  are 
  governed, 
  but 
  

   merely 
  to 
  submit 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  observations 
  on 
  the 
  feathered 
  in- 
  

   habitants 
  of 
  Jersey, 
  both 
  resident 
  and 
  migratory. 
  

  

  Apart 
  from 
  my 
  own 
  personal 
  observations, 
  I 
  am 
  indebted 
  to 
  

   several 
  gentlemen 
  who 
  have 
  very 
  kindly 
  permitted 
  me 
  to 
  examine 
  

   their 
  collections 
  of 
  Jersey-taken 
  specimens, 
  and 
  especially 
  to 
  

   Mr. 
  Caplin 
  and 
  Mr 
  Romeril, 
  the 
  latter 
  a 
  life-long 
  and 
  thoroughly 
  

   reliable 
  observer 
  of 
  bird-life, 
  whose 
  collection 
  consists 
  of 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  procured 
  personally, 
  and 
  skilfully 
  mounted 
  by 
  his 
  own 
  

   hands. 
  

  

  As 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  but 
  little 
  mention 
  of 
  the 
  Channel 
  Islands 
  in 
  

   any 
  ornithological 
  work 
  that 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  access 
  to,* 
  I 
  thought 
  the 
  

   compilation 
  of 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  specimens 
  obtained 
  in 
  Jersey 
  might 
  

   possibly 
  prove 
  of 
  some 
  small 
  service 
  to 
  those 
  interested 
  in 
  this 
  

   subject. 
  

  

  I 
  may 
  further 
  add 
  that 
  all 
  observations 
  have 
  been 
  conducted 
  

   in 
  a 
  manner 
  calculated 
  to 
  ensure 
  complete 
  and 
  accurate 
  informa- 
  

   tion 
  of 
  the 
  various 
  species 
  referred 
  to. 
  

  

  Mistle- 
  Thrush 
  (Tardus 
  viscivorus). 
  — 
  Common 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  island, 
  more 
  plentiful 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months. 
  

  

  Song-Thrush 
  (T. 
  musicus). 
  — 
  Common 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Redwing 
  (T. 
  Mucus).— 
  Plentiful 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months. 
  

  

  Fieldfare 
  [T. 
  pilaris). 
  — 
  A 
  regular 
  winter 
  visitor, 
  but 
  not 
  so 
  

   numerous 
  as 
  the 
  foregoing 
  species. 
  

  

  * 
  Cf. 
  Gordon 
  Dalgliesh, 
  " 
  Ornithological 
  Notes 
  from 
  Guernsey 
  " 
  (Zool. 
  

  

  1903, 
  pp. 
  231 
  and 
  277).— 
  Ed. 
  

  

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