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Major W. R. Thompson on the [Ibis, 
It is not a resident, so that those shot must have been 
migrating, and it may probably best be considered as a rare 
bird of passage. I have not myself observed it. L. has one 
of the five birds mentioned above in his collection. 
Emberiza citrinella. The Yellow-Hammer. 
This bird has so far defeated me, and I can only conclude 
that it has disappeared from the island in recent years, as I 
have never come across it. Mr. Cecil Smith, writing in 
1879, says: “ The Yellow-Hammer, though resident and 
breeding in all the islands, is by no means so common as iii 
many parts of England. In Alderney it is perhaps rather 
more common than in Guernsey, as I saw some near the 
Artillery Barracks this summer, 1878, and Captain Hubbach 
told me he had seen two or three pairs about there all the 
year.” 
Mr. Eagle Clarke reports it as being common in Alderney 
in September 1898, and L. tells me that he has frequently 
found it nesting here. 
Emberiza cirlus. The Girl Bunting. 
I killed a specimen of this bird on the 24th of December, 
1913. It was at the time feeding on a dust-heap, in com¬ 
pany with a mixed flock of linnets, sparrows, and chaffinches. 
I also observed it on the following occasions, when it was 
doubtless on migration to the south coast of England, where 
it breeds :— 
20th of April, 1914—a flock of about twelve. 
22nd of April, 1914—several in my garden. 
23rd of April, 1914—one near Fort Tourgis. 
I have not seen it during the summer months, and do not 
think it breeds here, but on the 21st of January, 1919, I 
noticed one or two amongst a number of Bock-Pipits, so 
probably it occasionally winters here. Mr. Cecil Smith, 
writing in 1879, says of this bird : “I have never seen the 
Cirl Bunting in any of the islands, nor has it, as far as I 
know, been recorded from them, which seems rather sur¬ 
prising, as it is common on the south coast of Devon, and 
