170 REPORTS. 



Yellow ammer.— On Whit-Monday afternoon, June Uth, in the Petit Bot 

 valley, I was more than pleased to come across a yellow ammer, and to 

 have a chance of listening to his plaintive song. Whether or not the 

 yellow ammer is a resident with us or merely a summer visitor I am not 

 in a position to say. Cecil Smith in his " The Birds of Guernsey," 

 published in 1879, speaks of it as a resident. In any case the bird is not 

 by any means common here, and for that reason I have thought it worth 

 while to include this note in the Report. 



Basil T. Rowswell, 



Hon. Sec, Ornithological Section. 



Report of the Archaeological Section, 1919. 



The past year has been full of interest to the archaeologist. 

 The existence of rude sculptures on the underside of the 

 second capstone of the Dolmen of Dehus has been established 

 beyond all doubt, and the interest arising- therefrom brought 

 a request from the Prehistoric Section of the British Associa- 

 tion to the discoverer, Col. T. W. M. de Guerin, to read a 

 paper before the Association during its meeting this autumn 

 at Bournemouth. This was done, the lecture being illustrated 

 by lantern slides and diagrams. It will be interesting to read 

 the remarks and criticisms in the official account of the meet- 

 ing. The paper will be printed in this year's Iransactions 

 together Avith the diagrams and slides. 



Another extremely interesting event was the discovery of 

 what may prove to be a cromlech at Delancey Park. The 

 States of Guernsey were employing some out-of-work labour- 

 ers in clearing a furze brake on June 9th when they came 

 across some large stones laid in order horizontally. They 

 continued the clearing and laid bare what appears to be an 

 allee couverte. Unfortunately the stones are not set up, and 

 it is difficult to say what they actually were ; there are no 

 stones more than 4 feet long, and therefore it is improbable 

 that they were either props or capstones, and they were too 

 large for filling in between the props. Part of this filling-in 

 wall still remains in situ. Probing with a sounding rod to the 

 westward however has indicated some large capstones about 

 3 feet under the soil, and there will be no doubt an opportunity 

 at no distant date to investigate still further on the site. 



The Royal Anthropological Institute has decided to 

 classify the prehistoric monuments of the British Isles, and 

 the Hon. Secretary, Dr. H. J. Fleure, one of our members, 

 asked me to undertake the task of doing so for the Bailiwick 

 of Guernsey. I have agreed to do so and the work is in pro- 

 gress, and it has occurred to me that this Society also needs 



