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  near 
  South 
  Hill 
  on 
  May 
  14th, 
  1903. 
  These 
  are 
  the 
  only 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  I 
  have 
  seen. 
  

  

  Grey 
  Wagtail 
  (M. 
  melanope). 
  — 
  Observed 
  two 
  examples 
  on 
  

   the 
  barrack 
  square 
  at 
  Fort 
  Eegent 
  on 
  Oct. 
  29th, 
  1903, 
  and 
  have 
  

   since 
  seen 
  several 
  specimens 
  moving 
  about 
  the 
  shallow 
  stream 
  

   which 
  runs 
  through 
  the 
  Valley 
  de 
  Veaux. 
  

  

  Meadow-Pipit 
  (Anthus 
  pratensis). 
  — 
  Common 
  everywhere 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  island. 
  Many 
  birds 
  feed 
  on 
  the 
  barrack 
  square 
  

   and 
  grassy 
  ramparts 
  of 
  the 
  Fort. 
  

  

  Tree-Pipit 
  [A. 
  trivialis) 
  .—Have 
  observed 
  several 
  specimens 
  

   around 
  the 
  Fort 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  months. 
  

  

  Great 
  Grey 
  Shrike 
  (Lanius 
  excubitor). 
  — 
  Not 
  uncommon 
  

   during 
  the 
  winter 
  months. 
  

  

  Red-backed 
  Shrike 
  (L. 
  coUurio). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  island, 
  nesting 
  in 
  suitable 
  localities. 
  

  

  Pied 
  Flycatcher 
  (Muscicapa 
  atricapilla) 
  . 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common 
  

   during 
  the 
  summer, 
  and 
  nests 
  on 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Swallow, 
  Martin, 
  Sand-Martin, 
  and 
  Swift. 
  — 
  All 
  common 
  

   during 
  summer, 
  particularly 
  the 
  Swift. 
  

  

  Greenfinch 
  (Ligurinus 
  chloris). 
  — 
  Common 
  everywhere 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Hawfinch 
  (Cocc.othraustes 
  vulgaris). 
  — 
  Only 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  

   are 
  on 
  record 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  obtained 
  in 
  Jersey. 
  Mr. 
  Caplin 
  

   and 
  Mr. 
  Eomeril 
  each 
  have 
  specimens 
  in 
  their 
  collections. 
  

  

  Goldfinch 
  (Carduelis 
  elegans). 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  

   in 
  evidence 
  as 
  in 
  former 
  years, 
  and 
  is 
  evidently 
  decreasing. 
  Its 
  

   market 
  value 
  as 
  a 
  cage-pet 
  is, 
  and 
  always 
  will 
  be, 
  accountable 
  

   for 
  its 
  decrease 
  everywhere. 
  A 
  pair 
  nested 
  and 
  reared 
  their 
  

   young 
  on 
  a 
  plum-tree 
  in 
  a 
  garden 
  below 
  Fort 
  Regent 
  this 
  year. 
  

   House-Sparrow 
  (Passer 
  domesticus) 
  . 
  — 
  Common. 
  

   Chaffinch 
  (Fringilla 
  codebs). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  island. 
  

  

  Bramble-Finch 
  (F. 
  montifringilla). 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  occa- 
  

   sionally 
  obtained 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months, 
  principally 
  when 
  

   severe 
  weather 
  prevails 
  in 
  the 
  north. 
  

  

  Linnet 
  {Linota 
  cannabina).— 
  Common. 
  Large 
  numbers 
  nest 
  

   in 
  suitable 
  situations 
  around 
  the 
  Fort. 
  

  

  Bullfinch 
  (Pyrrhula 
  europaa). 
  — 
  Saw 
  one 
  specimen 
  on 
  a 
  tree 
  

   in 
  a 
  corner 
  of 
  Fort 
  Regent, 
  March 
  3rd, 
  1903. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  

  

  