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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  one 
  I 
  have 
  observed, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  informed 
  it 
  occurs 
  but 
  rarely 
  on 
  

   the 
  island. 
  

  

  Crossbill 
  [Loxia 
  curvirostra), 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  has 
  occasionally 
  

   been 
  obtained 
  on 
  migration. 
  

  

  Yellow 
  Bunting 
  (Erriberiza 
  citrineUa). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common 
  

   throughout 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Snow-Bunting 
  (Plectrophenax 
  nivalis). 
  — 
  According 
  to 
  records 
  

   produced 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Caplin 
  and 
  Mr. 
  liomeril, 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  only 
  

   been 
  obtained 
  in 
  very 
  severe 
  winters. 
  The 
  last 
  two 
  specimens 
  

   recorded 
  were 
  obtained 
  on 
  Oct. 
  25th, 
  1900. 
  

  

  Starling 
  (St 
  it 
  runs 
  vulgaris). 
  — 
  Common. 
  Eighteen 
  or 
  twenty 
  

   years 
  ago 
  Starlings 
  were 
  comparatively 
  rare 
  in 
  Jersey, 
  but 
  since 
  

   then 
  they 
  have 
  gradually 
  increased 
  to 
  abundancy. 
  This 
  increase 
  

   has 
  been 
  general 
  almost 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  British 
  Isles. 
  

  

  Jay 
  (Garrulus 
  glandarius). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  more 
  

   wooded 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  A 
  fine 
  male 
  example 
  was 
  forwarded 
  

   to 
  me 
  from 
  St. 
  Peter's 
  Valley 
  for 
  preservation 
  in 
  January 
  this 
  

   year. 
  

  

  Magpie 
  (Pica 
  rustica). 
  — 
  This 
  species, 
  locally 
  named 
  the 
  

   " 
  Jersey 
  Pheasant," 
  on 
  account 
  of 
  its 
  long 
  tail, 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   commonest 
  birds 
  on 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Carrion-Crow 
  (Corvus 
  corone). 
  — 
  Common. 
  

  

  Hooded 
  Crow 
  (C. 
  comix). 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  

   common, 
  and 
  usually 
  arrives 
  in 
  October, 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  

   as 
  the 
  Woodcock. 
  

  

  Piook 
  (C. 
  f 
  rug 
  iky 
  us). 
  — 
  Common. 
  

  

  Sky-Lark 
  (Alauda 
  arvensis). 
  — 
  Abundant 
  everywhere 
  on 
  the 
  

   island. 
  

  

  Nightjar 
  (Caprimidgus 
  curopceus). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common 
  during 
  

   the 
  summer 
  months. 
  A 
  specimen 
  shown 
  to 
  me 
  was 
  obtained 
  as 
  

   late 
  as 
  Nov. 
  25th, 
  1903. 
  

  

  Kingfisher 
  (Alcedo 
  ispida). 
  — 
  Sparsely 
  distributed 
  throughout 
  

   the 
  island. 
  Observed 
  two 
  specimens 
  near 
  the 
  diving-stage 
  at 
  

   La 
  Collette, 
  Nov. 
  14th, 
  1903. 
  

  

  Bee-eater 
  (Merops 
  apiastcr). 
  — 
  Only 
  two 
  specimens 
  taken 
  

   here 
  are 
  on 
  record, 
  the 
  last 
  being 
  obtained 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  

   of 
  1892. 
  

  

  Hoopoe 
  (Upupa 
  cpops). 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Bomeril 
  has 
  in 
  his 
  possession 
  

   a 
  Hoopoe, 
  shot 
  on 
  his 
  farm 
  thirty 
  years 
  ago 
  ; 
  since 
  then 
  — 
  

  

  