﻿BIRD-LIFE 
  IN 
  JERSEY. 
  379 
  

  

  Green 
  Sandpipers 
  on 
  record, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  considered 
  scarce, 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  

   only 
  obtained 
  at 
  long 
  intervals. 
  

  

  American 
  Pectoral 
  Sandpiper 
  (Tfinga 
  maculata). 
  — 
  Mr. 
  Rom- 
  

   eril 
  informs 
  me 
  that 
  about 
  twenty-five 
  or 
  thirty 
  years 
  ago 
  he 
  saw 
  

   four 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  Sandpiper 
  in 
  a 
  field 
  close 
  to 
  his 
  own 
  

   house. 
  He 
  secured 
  one 
  bird, 
  which 
  is 
  now 
  in 
  his 
  collection, 
  but 
  

   has 
  not 
  seen 
  or 
  heard 
  of 
  any 
  having 
  been 
  taken 
  in 
  the 
  island 
  since. 
  

  

  Willow- 
  Wren 
  (Phylloscopus 
  trochilus). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common 
  

   during 
  the 
  summer. 
  

  

  Wryneck 
  {lynx 
  torquilla). 
  — 
  Common 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  

   months, 
  especially 
  around 
  Fort 
  Regent, 
  where 
  its 
  loud 
  shrill 
  call 
  

   attracts 
  the 
  attention 
  of 
  even 
  the 
  most 
  casual 
  observer. 
  

  

  The 
  sea-birds 
  frequenting 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  Jersey 
  are 
  of 
  con- 
  

   siderable 
  variety, 
  although 
  not 
  numerous, 
  the 
  Brent 
  Goose 
  and 
  

   Common 
  Gull 
  excepted, 
  and 
  are 
  sparsely 
  distributed 
  here 
  and 
  

   there 
  along 
  the 
  shore. 
  The 
  whole 
  coast 
  of 
  the 
  island 
  is 
  for 
  the 
  

   most 
  part 
  of 
  a 
  wild 
  and 
  rugged 
  description, 
  a 
  suitable 
  feeding- 
  

   ground, 
  one 
  would 
  imagine, 
  for 
  almost 
  every 
  variety 
  of 
  sea-bird. 
  

   The 
  scarcity 
  of 
  specimens 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  coast-line 
  being 
  

   rather 
  thickly 
  populated 
  ; 
  besides, 
  the 
  presence 
  of 
  fishermen, 
  

   bait-diggers, 
  and 
  wrack-gatherers 
  in 
  considerable 
  numbers 
  

   amongst 
  the 
  rocks 
  at 
  low 
  tide 
  renders 
  the 
  shore 
  practically 
  un- 
  

   inhabitable 
  by 
  sea- 
  fowl. 
  

  

  Grey 
  Lag-Goose 
  (Anser 
  cinereus). 
  — 
  So 
  far 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  learn, 
  

   only 
  one 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  Goose 
  has 
  been 
  taken 
  here, 
  viz. 
  in 
  

   December, 
  1899. 
  

  

  White-fronted 
  Goose 
  (A. 
  albifrons). 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  

   rare 
  visitor 
  to 
  the 
  Jersey 
  shores, 
  and 
  then 
  only 
  in 
  extremely 
  

   severe 
  winters. 
  The 
  last 
  recorded 
  specimen 
  was 
  taken 
  on 
  Dec. 
  

   8th, 
  1901. 
  

  

  Brent 
  Goose 
  (Bernicla 
  brenta). 
  — 
  Large 
  flocks 
  of 
  these 
  Geese 
  

   frequent 
  the 
  shores 
  every 
  winter, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  informed 
  that 
  Mr. 
  

   Spencer 
  Robin 
  shot 
  no 
  fewer 
  than 
  eighty-four 
  birds 
  during 
  the 
  

   winter 
  of 
  1902-03. 
  

  

  Sheld-Duck 
  (Tadorna 
  cornuta). 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  decidedly 
  

   rare, 
  and 
  is 
  only 
  obtained 
  during 
  exceptionally 
  severe 
  winters. 
  

  

  Mallard 
  {Anas 
  boscas). 
  — 
  Scarce, 
  a 
  few 
  being 
  recorded 
  each 
  

  

  winter. 
  

  

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