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Iii the list given in Ansted's " Channel Islands " (a bare 

 catalogue of names), twenty-one additional species are noted 

 as having occurred in the Sarnian area, but with regard to 

 these, Smith says that (excepting a few mentioned in Mr. 

 J. T. Gallienne's notes) he can find no evidence whatever as 

 to when and where they occurred, or who was responsible for 

 their identification. And so, very wisely and properly, he 

 declines to include them in his book. 



Now during the last tiventy-five years several additions 

 have been made, some recorded by Smith himself, subsequent 

 to the publication of his book, and some recorded on trust- 

 worthy authority in the pages of our Transactions. It is 

 Avell, therefore, in order to know exactly the extent of our 

 ascertained avifauna, and to be able to compare it with that 

 of other localities, to bring together these scattered records 

 of rare visitors, as additions to the list made out by Cecil 

 Smith. Unfortunately I have not had an opportunity of 

 looking through the Zoologist and similar publications, 

 or doubtless the number would have been larger ; but we 

 have reliable evidence that at least ten species unrecorded by 

 Smith have occurred in our islands. These are as follows : — 



Wall Creeper (Tichodroma muraria). In Alderney. (Marquand, Trans. 



1903, p. 240.) 

 Nightingale (Daulias luscinia). Ill Guernsey. (Marquand, Trans. 1894, 



p. 319). In Alderney. (Marquand, Trans. 1903, p. 240.) 

 Red-legged Partridge (Perdix rufa). In Guernsey. (Cecil Smith, 



Zoologist, 1880.) 

 Pallas'S Sand Grouse (Syrrhaptes paradoxus). In Guernsey. (C. Smith, 



Zoologist, 1888.) 

 Great Bustard (Otis tarda). See note below. 

 Black-tailed Godwit {Limosa belgiea) . See note below. 

 Pochard (Fuligula ferina). In Guernsey. (Dalgliesh, Trans. 1903, p. 204.) 

 Tufted Duck (Fuligula cristata). In Guernsey. (Dalgliesh, loc cit.) 

 Sandwich Tern (Sterna cantiaca). In Guernsey and Herm. (Dalgliesh, 



loc. cit.) 

 Buffon'S Skua (Stercorarius parasiticus). In Channel Islands. (C. Smith, 



Zoologist, 1882.) 



The occurrence of the Black-tailed Godwit in Herm 

 was the most interesting event of the year. Mr. Leicester 

 Gore killed two birds (both males) with a right and left shot, 

 on the 6th of April, and kindly presented them to the 

 Guille-Alles Museum, where they are now preserved. In a 

 note after speaking of the Bar-tailed Godwit, Smith says 

 (p. 138) : " The Black-tailed Godwit is also included in 

 Prof. Ansted's list, but I have never seen the bird in the 

 islands, or been able to glean any information concerning it, 

 and there is no specimen in the Museum." Consequently he 



