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Great Northern Diver {Colymbus glacialis). — Mr. Jago informs me he has 

 had several local specimens to preserve this last winter. 



Red-throated Diver (C. septentrionalis). — I saw one in December, just off: 

 the White Rock. 



Puffin (Fratercula arctica). — On May 31st I visited the " Humps " off Herm, 

 and found the Puffins breeding there in thousands. The soft ground 

 was fairly riddled with their burrows. No young birds were found, only 

 highly -incubated eggs. Besides Puffins, there were Razorbills, Guille- 

 mots, Storm Petrels and Herring Gulls, all breeding. 



Sandwich Tern (Sterna cantiana) . — I have found this bird fairly plentiful 

 here, and know where it breeds. 



ARRIVAL OF SUMMER MIGRANTS. 



Wryneck {lynx torquilla). — Locally known as " Mackerel Bird." March 31. 



House Martin {Cotile urbica). —Cobo. April 12. 



Wheat-ear (Saxicola cenanthe).— Gouffre. March 12. 



SwallOW (Hirundo rustica). — Cobo. April 19. 



CuekOO {Cuculus europceus) . — St. Peter-Port. April 23. 



Night-jar (Caprimuleus europceus). — St. Sampson's. May 5. 



Swift {Cypselus apus).—St. Peter-Port. May 16. 



Turtle Dove (Turtur communis). — St. Peter-Port. June 7. 



Spotted Fly-Catcher [Muscicapa grisola). — St. Peter-Port. May 1. 



Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus rufus).— St. Sampson's. March 31. 



Gr. Dalgliesh, Sec. Ornith. Sect, 



The Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the Society 



was held on January 20th, 1904, Dr. J. Aikman, President, 



in the Chair. 



Mr. Gr. T. Derrick, Hon. Secretary of the Society, read 

 the following Report of the Council : — 



The Society has now completed the twenty-first year 

 of its existence, and continues to maintain the interest of 

 its proceedings, and to accomplish valuable work. 



The Council is pleased to announce the organisation 

 of a section for Marine Zoology, with Mr. R. C. Mabbs as 

 Secretary, who, it is hoped, will receive every assistance from 

 members investigating this important, but hitherto neglected, 

 branch of Natural Science. 



Archaeology has again received special attention during 

 the year, and visits have been paid by the Society to Castle 

 Cornet, to the Vale Church, and to Jerbourg. A lengthy 

 paper on the last-named locality will be printed in these 

 Trails actions. 



Members interested in the older sections have still 

 further added to our knowledge of their various departments, 



