1922.] 



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Frequently the bird would change from the one form to the other, gene- 

 rally beginningwiththeunusualandendingwiththecommonformofthe 

 song. In the evening of June 16th the bird was singing in the grounds 

 at Le Vallon (it also frequented the Sausmarez Manor grounds and 

 was heard in other parts of the parish) and the song on this occasion 

 included both prefix and affix. It was delightful to listen to the sin- 

 ger's " kecuckoo-koo, kecuckoo-koo." I heard this freak cuckoo from 

 April 29th to, at least, June 16th. Last year it was, I believe, heard 

 towards the end of the season only. It will be interesting to watch for 

 the possible return of this very engaging bird next spring. 



ORDER ACCIPITRES. 



PEREGRINE FALCON.— The Evening Press of May 29th reported the 

 occurrence, and, I regret to say, molestation, of peregrine falcons on 

 one of the islets adjacent to Herm where a pair were rearing young. 

 Apart from the fact of the peregrine falcon being a very occasional 

 visitant to Guernsey or the neighbouring islets it is, as a species, 

 becoming very rare in Great Britain, where it is on the list of protected 

 birds. Commenting on the killing of some peregrine falcons the 

 Yorkshire Weekly Post of November 4th, said : " We regret that 

 notwithstanding many enactments, and the efforts of various 

 societies, this indiscriminate slaughter still goes on. We can only hope 

 that increasing vigilance will make these crimes against nature, 

 less and less common, but the danger is that so many of the rarer 

 species will then have disappeared." 



ORDER FULICARICE. 



CORNCRAKE. — I am glad to be able to state that the corncrake has still 

 been heard. On May 30th and 31st when in our garden at Les Blan- 

 ches late at night, the pleasing " crake crake " fell on my ear from the 

 direction of Calais. 



Basil T. Rowswell, 



Hon. Sec, Ornithological Section. 



Report of the Antiquarian Section. 



During the visit of the Society to Jethou on July 20th ; 

 the opportunity was taken to observe if any traces of 

 Megalithic monuments existed. Taking the upper path after 

 leaving the house, two points at the southern end of the 

 island presented some unusual features, and would probably 

 be worth a preliminary excavation on a future visit. At the 

 extreme top of the island where a tree is plainly seen on the 

 sky line from Guernsey, there were some further places which 

 deserve a closer examination. 



The dividing walls between the various plots of ground 

 on the plateau here were remarkable : the component stones 

 were of large size, set upright as Menhirs are, averaging 

 about 3 feet above ground, in fact they resembled a row of 

 the sacred stones at Carnac, except that they were continuous. 

 Of course there was no likelihood of their having been at any 

 time connected with the pagan functions, as Menhirs are, 



