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ig2 1 .] Birds of Alderney. 
Gallinago gallinago. The Common Snipe. 
A few are nearly always to be met with daring the 
winter months, but it becomes more numerous during spells 
of hard weather. L. tells me that in 1899 Mr. W. LeCocq 
shot one of the dark variety of this bird formerly known os 
Sabine’s Snipe, but it was unfortunately not preserved. I 
am of the opinion that, in favourable weather, this bird, as 
well as the Woodcock, pays regular visits to the island, 
crossing the Race at dusk and returning to the Gotentin at 
dawn. I have on several occasions seen it arriving in the 
evening from the direction of France. 
Gallinago media. The Great Snipe. 
L. tells me that he once saw one of these birds, and that 
Mr. R. G. May has, at various times, shot three. None of 
them seem to have been preserved, and this is the only 
record I can find of it. 
Limnocryptes gallinula. The Jack Snipe. 
A few usually to be met with during the winter months, 
becoming more numerous in severe weather. 
Tringa maritima. The Purple Sandpiper. 
I had one of these birds under close observation for over 
half an hour on the 13th of December, 1913. It was 
feeding among the seaweed on the rocks at the base of 
the breakwater. I have no other record of this bird, which 
is not uncommon, in suitable localities, on the opposite coast 
of Dorset. 
Tringa alpina. The Dunlin. 
The Dunlin occurs most numerously as a bird *of passage, 
although a few invariably winter here, and in hard weather 
it even becomes plentiful. A flock of six of these birds in 
summer plumage frequented Longy Bay during the first 
week of May, 1919. 
Calidris arenaria. The Sanderling. 
Mr. Cecil Smith says :—“ The Sanderling is a regular 
and rather early visitant to all the islands.” I have not 
