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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  Merlin 
  (F. 
  cesahm). 
  — 
  Sparsely 
  distributed 
  over 
  the 
  island. 
  

   I 
  had 
  a 
  female 
  specimen 
  sent 
  me 
  for 
  preservation 
  on 
  Oct. 
  21st, 
  

   1903. 
  

  

  Kestrel 
  (F. 
  tinnunculus) 
  . 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common. 
  Nesting 
  in 
  

   suitable 
  situations. 
  

  

  Albino 
  Kestrel. 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Eomeril 
  has 
  a 
  white 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  

   Kestrel 
  in 
  his 
  collection, 
  which 
  was 
  obtained 
  by 
  him 
  some 
  years 
  

   ago. 
  It 
  is 
  pure 
  white 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  about 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  

   huffish-coloured 
  feathers 
  sprinkled 
  over 
  the 
  back 
  and 
  wings. 
  

  

  Common 
  Heron 
  (Ardea 
  cinerea). 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  wanders 
  occa- 
  

   sionally 
  to 
  the 
  Channel 
  Isles, 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  birds 
  being 
  usually 
  

   obtained 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months. 
  

  

  Common 
  Bittern 
  (Botaitrus 
  stellaris). 
  — 
  Only 
  three 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  are 
  known 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  island, 
  the 
  last 
  

   record 
  being 
  December, 
  1899. 
  

  

  King-Dove 
  (Culumba 
  palumbus). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common 
  in 
  the 
  

   wooded 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Turtle-Dove 
  (Turtur 
  communis). 
  — 
  Common 
  in 
  the 
  woods 
  

   around 
  Greve 
  de 
  Lecq 
  and 
  St. 
  Peter's 
  Valley 
  during 
  the 
  summer. 
  

  

  (To 
  be 
  continued.) 
  

  

  