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saw the bird, show that the song was noted at St. Martin's in June, July 

 and August, also that on the 7th of the latter month I came across the 

 bird at several widely separated spots, and on the evening of that day 

 heard three or four (there may have been as many as five) singing 

 together at Les Varioufs, Forest. I did not hear the bird after 

 August 16th. 



Redstart. — Mr. S. M. Henry has informed me that he saw a redstart near 

 Le Creux harbour, Sark, on October 12th, and a few weeks previously 

 had seen one at Mount Row, St. Peter-Port, in this island. 



Chough.— In ''British Birds" for February, 1920 (No. 9, Vol. XIII., 

 page 243), are a few " Notes on the Birds of Guernsey," by R. H. Baillie. 

 The most interesting, certainly, of tbe several notes, is one referring to 

 the chough — a bird once common here, but for years now unknown 

 except, perhaps, as an occasional visitor, as in the case of a specimen 

 that fell into Jurat Kinnersly's hands by accident in August, 1916, and 

 recorded in that year's Transactions. Mr. Baillie was in Guernsey in 

 April, 1919, and saw the bird near the Moye point on the 22nd. 



Basil T. Rowswell, 

 Hon. Sec, Ornithological Section. 



Report of the Archaeological Section, 1920. 



There is little to report of interest during the past year. 



The classification of our prehistoric monuments, referred 

 to in last year's report, has been nearly completed, but it has 

 proved to be of a larger extent than was at first contemplated, 

 and it will not therefore be possible to print it for the present 

 in the Transactions. It will, however, be typed out and will 

 be available for the use of members and any others who are 

 interested in the subject. 



The King's Receiver has, in accordance with his promise, 

 had all the ancient monuments in Herm scheduled in the lease 

 of Herm to the new tenant. It is hoped that this action will 

 be the means not only of securing those already discovered 

 against damage by thoughtless action, but also lead to a more 

 careful exploration of the ground than has hitherto been made. 



S. Carey Curtis, 

 Secretary, Archaeological Section. 



Report of the Folklore Section, 1920. 



The sectional reports have to be curtailed this year owing 

 to the increased expenses of paper and printing, but there are 

 several items I wish to place on record. We all know the 

 account in Sir Edgar MacCulloch's Guernsey Folklore of the 

 Chevauchee de St. Michel, by which we see that that Fief 

 claimed, and exercised, as late as the middle of the 19th 

 Century, the right of riding round the island once in three 



