444 Major W. R. Thompson on the [Ibis, 
noticed it myself, and it has undoubtedly become more scarce 
since Mr. Smith’s time. 
Langlois has one of these birds in his collection, shot by 
himself in Alderney some years ago. I had previously 
overlooked it, mistaking it for a Dunlin. 
Totanus totanus. The Redshank. 
This bird is fairly common in the late summer and autumn 
as a bird of passage, but is less frequent in the spring. The 
first birds usually make their appearance towards the end of 
July and depart again early in September, although one or 
two generally winter here. 
Totanus nebularius. The Greenshank. 
I saw a single individual of this species feeding in Longy 
Bay on the 22nd of July, 1919. This is the only record 
I have for Alderney. 
Totanus hypoleucus. The Common Sandpiper. 
This Sandpiper is not uncommon during the spring and 
autumn migrations, and some few, doubtless non-breeding 
birds, usually pass the summer here ; but the majority arrive 
about the middle of July, and remain until September. 
These birds have been particularly numerous this year 
(1920), and a large number have remained throughout the 
summer. 
Limosa lapponica. The Bar-tailed Godwit. 
These birds are occasionally met with as birds of passage 
in spring and autumn. Two were obtained at the Casquets 
Light in the spring of 1918, and I saw one feeding in 
Longy Bay on the 21st of August, 1919. 
Numenius arquata. The Curlew. 
Common during the winter months, a flock of some thirty 
birds or so being usually seen in the vicinity of Longy Bay. 
They usually make their first appearance in July. Mr. Cecil 
Smith says that they remain throughout the summer, but 
I do not think this is the case nowadays, except in isolated 
