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  up 
  till 
  November, 
  1903, 
  when 
  he 
  observed 
  a 
  bird 
  in 
  a 
  Held 
  near 
  

   Gorey 
  — 
  he 
  had 
  not 
  seen 
  a 
  single 
  specimen. 
  Mr. 
  Caplin, 
  how- 
  

   ever, 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  very 
  few 
  seasons 
  pass 
  without 
  a 
  specimen 
  

   or 
  more 
  being 
  recorded, 
  and 
  kindly 
  gave 
  me 
  the 
  dates 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  

   three 
  examples 
  taken— 
  April, 
  1900, 
  1902, 
  1903. 
  This 
  year 
  

   Mr. 
  Caplin 
  has 
  had 
  two 
  specimens 
  — 
  one 
  taken 
  on 
  April 
  16th, 
  

   and 
  another 
  on 
  May 
  21st. 
  

  

  Cuckoo 
  (Guculus 
  canorus). 
  — 
  Common 
  during 
  the 
  summer. 
  

   The 
  Cuckoos 
  were 
  quite 
  as 
  numerous 
  around 
  the 
  Fort 
  this 
  year 
  

   as 
  they 
  were 
  last 
  season, 
  but 
  for 
  some 
  reason 
  or 
  other 
  have 
  been 
  

   remarkably 
  silent 
  this 
  year. 
  Throughout 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  May 
  and 
  

   June, 
  and 
  part 
  of 
  July, 
  1903, 
  its 
  familiar 
  call 
  was 
  heard 
  daily 
  in 
  

   the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  Fort 
  Regent, 
  but 
  this 
  summer 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  very 
  

   seldom 
  heard, 
  although 
  birds 
  are 
  plentiful. 
  Perhaps 
  the 
  cold 
  

   north-east 
  winds 
  and 
  unfavourable 
  weather 
  during 
  May 
  and 
  the 
  

   early 
  part 
  of 
  June 
  may 
  possibly 
  account 
  for 
  its 
  protracted 
  

   silence. 
  There 
  was 
  much 
  discussion 
  some 
  years 
  ago 
  in 
  ' 
  The 
  

   Zoologist 
  ' 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  Cuckoo 
  calling 
  on 
  the 
  wing, 
  some 
  

   writers 
  averring 
  that 
  such 
  was 
  of 
  rare 
  occurrence. 
  It 
  is 
  many 
  

   years 
  ago 
  since 
  I 
  first 
  heard 
  the 
  Cuckoo 
  utter 
  its 
  familiar 
  call 
  

   during 
  flight, 
  and 
  here 
  in 
  Jersej 
  7 
  it 
  is 
  commonly 
  observed 
  as 
  the 
  

   bird 
  crosses 
  the 
  Fort, 
  or 
  flies 
  from 
  one 
  tree 
  to 
  another. 
  

  

  Long-eared 
  Owl 
  (Asia 
  otus). 
  — 
  Sparsely 
  distributed 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  island, 
  and 
  usually 
  obtained 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months. 
  

  

  Short-eared 
  Owl 
  (A. 
  accipitrinus). 
  — 
  Obtained 
  chiefly 
  in 
  

   winter, 
  and 
  much 
  scarcer 
  than 
  the 
  former 
  species. 
  

  

  Marsh-Harrier 
  {Circus 
  ceruginosus) 
  . 
  — 
  -Mr. 
  Romeril 
  has 
  a 
  fine 
  

   male 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Marsh 
  -Harrier 
  in 
  his 
  possession, 
  which 
  

   was 
  obtained 
  on 
  his 
  farm 
  about 
  1874, 
  and 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  recorded 
  

   specimen 
  taken 
  in 
  Jersey. 
  

  

  Common 
  Buzzard 
  {Buteo 
  vulgaris). 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  met 
  with 
  

   occasionally, 
  both 
  Mr. 
  Caplin 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Eomeril 
  having 
  specimens 
  

   in 
  their 
  collections. 
  

  

  Sparrow-Hawk 
  (Accipiter 
  nisus). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common. 
  Nesting 
  

   in 
  suitable 
  localities. 
  

  

  Peregrine 
  Falcon 
  [Falco 
  pereg 
  rin 
  us) 
  . 
  — 
  This 
  handsome 
  species 
  

   of 
  the 
  Hawk 
  family 
  has 
  been 
  obtained 
  frequently 
  in 
  Guernsey, 
  

   although 
  but 
  few 
  are 
  recorded 
  in 
  Jersey. 
  A 
  fine 
  male 
  specimen 
  

   was 
  taken 
  in 
  Guernsey 
  on 
  Dec. 
  26th, 
  1903. 
  

  

  