440 REPORTS. 



Cornerake. in last year's Report I noted as remarkable the absence of 



this migrant — and the scientific journals subsequently recorded the 

 singular scarcity of the Corncrake in some parts of England, especially 

 in the Midlands. This year is the same ; the only instance kno^vn to me 

 of its occurrence in this island is the hearing of one by Mr. G. F. Alles 

 at the King's Mills on the 21st of ]\Iay. In France I first heard the 

 Corncrake at St. Lo on May 27. 



Woodcock. The first Woodcock of the season was shot at Torteval on the 

 6th of October. 



Great-crested Grebe. Two were seen in Belgrave Bay at the beginning 

 of March. 



Puffin. Mr. Spencer reports that Puffins arrived in Herm in good numbers 

 on the 28th of March ; but a couple had already been seen off that 

 island on the 15th. 



Gannet. The author of the Birds of Guernsey describes the Gannet as a 

 winter visitant to these islands ; but I had a good view of one of these 

 birds between Cherbourg and Alderney on the 3rd of June, and a few 

 years ago about the same date I saw two or three between Guernsey and 

 Herm. 



E. D. Marquaxd, Sec. Ornitli. Sec. 



