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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  BIRD-LIFE 
  IN 
  JEESEY. 
  

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

  

  (Concluded 
  from 
  p. 
  344.) 
  

  

  Quail 
  (Coturnix 
  communis). 
  — 
  Generally 
  distributed 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  island 
  during 
  summer, 
  and 
  nests 
  in 
  suitable 
  situations. 
  

   A 
  specimen 
  was 
  taken 
  as 
  late 
  as 
  Dec. 
  12th, 
  1903. 
  

  

  Land-Rail 
  (Crex 
  pratensis). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common 
  during 
  summer 
  

   months. 
  

  

  Spotted 
  Crake 
  (Porzana 
  maruetta). 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  was 
  in 
  

   former 
  years 
  quite 
  a 
  common 
  summer 
  visitor, 
  but 
  is 
  now 
  ex- 
  

   ceptionally 
  rare. 
  Mr. 
  Romeril 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  he 
  has 
  not 
  seen 
  or 
  

   heard 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  specimen 
  being 
  taken 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  ten 
  years. 
  

  

  Water-Rail 
  (Rallus 
  aquaticus). 
  — 
  Sparsely 
  distributed 
  in 
  suit- 
  

   able 
  localities 
  throughout 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Moorhen 
  (Gallinula 
  cltlorojjus). 
  — 
  Scarce. 
  

  

  Great 
  Bustard 
  (Otis 
  tarda). 
  — 
  Two 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  ex- 
  

   ceptionally 
  rare 
  visitor 
  were 
  shot 
  on 
  King's 
  Meadow 
  in 
  December, 
  

   1899. 
  Mr. 
  Romeril 
  showed 
  me 
  an 
  enlarged 
  photograph 
  of 
  one 
  

   of 
  the 
  specimens 
  which 
  he 
  assisted 
  in 
  setting 
  up. 
  There 
  are 
  no 
  

   other 
  records 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  having 
  been 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  island. 
  

  

  Little 
  Bustard 
  (0. 
  tetrax). 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Caplin 
  has 
  in 
  his 
  collection 
  

   a 
  fine 
  female 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Little 
  Bustard, 
  which 
  was 
  obtained 
  

   here 
  on 
  February 
  4th, 
  1902. 
  

  

  Stone 
  Curlew 
  (QZdicncmus 
  scolopax). 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  seldom 
  

   met 
  with, 
  only 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  having 
  been 
  recorded. 
  Mr. 
  Caplin 
  

   possesses 
  a 
  male 
  specimen. 
  

  

  Woodcock 
  (Scolopax 
  rusticida). 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  birds 
  visit 
  the 
  island 
  

   about 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  October, 
  but 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  

   common. 
  I 
  had 
  a 
  specimen 
  sent 
  me 
  for 
  preservation 
  on 
  Jan. 
  

   12th 
  this 
  year. 
  

  

  Common 
  Snipe 
  (Gallinago 
  coelestis). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common 
  through- 
  

   out 
  the 
  island 
  in 
  suitable 
  situations. 
  

  

  Common 
  Sandpiper 
  (Totanns 
  hypoleucus). 
  — 
  Common. 
  

  

  Green 
  Sandpiper 
  (T. 
  ochropus). 
  — 
  There 
  are 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  

  

  