1921 .] Birds of Alderney, 427 
think few have occurred since the severe winter of 1916- 
1917, when there were so many casualties. 
Parus major newtoni. The British Great Tit. 
A common resident breeding here, but more numerous 
outside the breeding-season and especially in winter. Like 
so many of the other residents, and doubtless owing to the 
restricted area of the island, the majority are absent from the 
island during the breeding-season. Throughout the whole 
of the autumn and winter of 1919-1920 there was a quite 
abnormal number of these birds about, and a few were nearly 
always in sight, in fact it must have been almost the com¬ 
monest bird on the island, but nearly all departed on the 
approach of spring. 
Parus caeruleus obscurus. The British Blue Tit. 
A scarce resident. Its numbers are not noticeably affected 
by migration. 
Lanius excubitor. The Great Grey Shrike. 
L. shot one of these birds on the island in 1888, and has it 
in his collection. This is, I think, the only record of this 
bird for the island. 
Ampelis garrulus. The Waxwing. 
Mr. A. 0. Tourgis, of Les Chevaliers, Alderney, has one of 
these birds in his collection. He shot it at Rose Farm, 
Alderney, in the autumn of 1897. 
Sylvia communis. The Whitethroat. 
A common summer visitor, and bird of passage. Con¬ 
siderable numbers remained to breed in 1920. 
Sylvia curruca. The Lesser Whitethroat. 
I have only noticed this bird in small numbers as a bird of 
passage. Doubtless it occasionally remains to breed, as there 
are many suitable places for it. 
Sylvia simplex. The Garden-Warbler. 
Not uncommon during migration, especially in some 
years. I have not found it breeding here, nor have I seen 
it during the summer months. 
