REPORTS. 139 



other scientific journal ; but as it does not appear that they 

 were ever published, I give them here verbatim : 



" Mr. A. H. Colling-s informs me that he shot Reed Buntings in 

 December, 1865, near Ivy Castle, and saw them again about 1873. 

 Believes they are to be found there every winter. 



"On the 5tb November, 1873, shot a Spotted Water Rail at the 

 G-rand Mare. Couch had one at the same time that had been shot 

 here. Shot anothei* a few days or weeks later. 



" Saw several Dartford Warblers in September, 1872 or 1873, at 

 Pleinmont. Has seen them at other times, and believes them by no 

 means uncommon. 



" The Brambling is here every winter ; shot one in 1865. 



" The Snow Bunting is here every winter; abundant about Perelle 

 Bay, and all along that coast. 



" The common Redstart is quite as common as the Tithys, generally 

 in October. Common about Jerbourg and the cliffs, but has been seen 

 about Elizabeth College and St. James' Church. 



" On one occasion in January saw 14 Herons on a rock to the north 

 of Herm ; thinks it was in 1875. 



" Mr. A. H. Collings tells me that a Marsh Tit is frequently seen in 

 his garden, May, 1888. 



" Two Sandgrouse seen in the Yale, May 21st, 1888, and one of them 

 shot. Flights of this rare visitant reported from Nottinghamshire and 

 Hertfordshire about the same time. 



" A Grarganey Teal shot in March, 1888." 



There are three species mentioned in the above notes 

 which have not hitherto been recorded for Guernsey ; and a 

 fourth species is the Iceland Gull, particulars of which are 

 given below. This raises the number of birds now authenti- 

 cally on record for the Sarnian Islands to 190 species ; the 

 present additions being : 



Marsh Tit {Parus pahcstris). 

 Keed Bunting (^Emheriza schoeniclus), 

 Garganey {Querqiipchda circia), 

 Iceland Gull {Laras leucopterus). 



There is nothing particularly striking in the notes I 

 have accumulated this year. The immense amount of build- 

 ing and quarrying that is going on, the reclaiming and 

 draining of waste land, the felling of trees, and the populat- 

 ing of parts formerly uninhabited, all these things are 

 rapidly and very materially affecting the birdlife of our 

 small island : so that it is well to note what we can before 

 it is too late. Mr. B. Rowswell has again obliged me 

 with his noteS; which render the year's work more complete. 



Ring" Ousel. One seen by IMr. Eowswell at Moulin Huet on Oct. 24, and one 

 last year at Petit Port on Oct. 3. 



Chiff-ehaff. On April 11 I heard this little bird's note several times m the 

 neighbourhood of Saints' Bay ; and at intervals as late as the 29th of 

 September. 



