﻿BIRD-LIFE 
  IN 
  JERSEY. 
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  but 
  rarely 
  around 
  these 
  shores, 
  although 
  several 
  specimens 
  have 
  

   passed 
  through 
  Mr. 
  Caplin's 
  hands 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time. 
  

  

  Bed-bbeasted 
  Merganser 
  (Mergus 
  scrrator). 
  — 
  This 
  species 
  is 
  

   met 
  with 
  occasionally, 
  but 
  principally 
  during 
  hard 
  winters, 
  as 
  

   many 
  as 
  four 
  being 
  taken 
  in 
  one 
  season. 
  Mr. 
  Caplin 
  has 
  one 
  

   in 
  his 
  possession 
  which 
  was 
  shot 
  on 
  Dec. 
  21st, 
  1903. 
  

  

  Kinged 
  Plover 
  (Mgialitis 
  hiaticola). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common 
  around 
  

   the 
  coast. 
  

  

  Golden 
  Plover 
  (Charadrius 
  pluvialis) 
  . 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  specimens 
  are 
  

   usually 
  obtained 
  every 
  winter 
  ; 
  they 
  are, 
  however, 
  considered 
  

   scarce. 
  

  

  Grey 
  Plover 
  (Squatarola 
  helvetica). 
  — 
  Like 
  the 
  foregoing, 
  the 
  

   Grey 
  Plover 
  visits 
  the 
  island 
  but 
  sparingly. 
  

  

  Lapwing 
  (Yancllus 
  vulgaris). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common, 
  principally 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  the 
  months 
  of 
  January 
  and 
  April. 
  Observed 
  a 
  large 
  flock 
  

   off 
  St. 
  Clement's 
  Bay 
  on 
  March 
  13th, 
  1904. 
  

  

  Turnstone 
  {Strepsilas 
  interpres). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common 
  around 
  the 
  

   coast 
  during 
  the 
  winter 
  months. 
  

  

  Oystercatcher 
  (ILematopus 
  ostralegus). 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  specimens 
  are 
  

   obtained 
  every 
  winter, 
  but 
  it 
  is 
  by 
  no 
  means 
  common. 
  

  

  Bedshaxk 
  (Totanus 
  calidris). 
  — 
  A 
  few 
  specimens 
  usually 
  ob- 
  

   tained 
  during 
  the 
  spring 
  and 
  summer 
  months. 
  

  

  Bar-tailed 
  Godwit 
  (Limosa 
  lapponica). 
  — 
  Only 
  very 
  few 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  are 
  on 
  record 
  as 
  having 
  been 
  taken 
  on 
  the 
  island, 
  and 
  is 
  

   considered 
  rare. 
  

  

  Black-tailed 
  Godwit 
  (L. 
  belgica). 
  — 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Black- 
  

   tailed 
  Godwit 
  was 
  shot 
  off 
  Alderney 
  on 
  May 
  16th 
  this 
  year. 
  So 
  

   far 
  as 
  I 
  can 
  learn, 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  record 
  of 
  its 
  appearance 
  in 
  any 
  

   of 
  the 
  Channel 
  Islands. 
  

  

  Curlew 
  (Xumenius 
  arquata). 
  — 
  These 
  birds 
  are 
  but 
  sparsely 
  

   distributed 
  around 
  the 
  coast, 
  and 
  are 
  more 
  in 
  evidence 
  from 
  

   January 
  to 
  March. 
  Observed 
  five 
  birds 
  flying 
  very 
  high, 
  and 
  in 
  

   a 
  south-westerly 
  direction, 
  on 
  July 
  21st 
  last. 
  

  

  \Yhimbrel 
  (N. 
  plmopus) 
  . 
  — 
  Has 
  been 
  obtained 
  occasionally 
  

   during 
  the 
  spring 
  months, 
  but 
  is 
  considered 
  rare. 
  A 
  specimen 
  

   was 
  shot 
  on 
  the 
  island 
  on 
  May 
  19th 
  this 
  year. 
  

  

  Common 
  Tern 
  (Sterna 
  Jiuviatilis). 
  — 
  Fairly 
  common 
  around 
  the 
  

   coast. 
  

  

  Common 
  Gull 
  (Larus 
  canus). 
  — 
  Abundant 
  all 
  around 
  the 
  coast. 
  

  

  