id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt 14473 Smith, Cecil Birds of Guernsey (1879) And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornitholony of the Channel Islands .txt text/plain 57461 2848 76 Channel Island specimens of several of the rarer birds mentioned, as to Guernsey and Sark; and probably, as a resident and breeding bird, he specimen from either Island, nor have I seen the bird about alive in both birds were said to have been killed in Herm, and both in May. Professor Ansted mentions the Marsh Harrier in his list, but marks it as numbers in Guernsey, especially within the last few years, and Mr. MacCulloch and others who are resident in the Island quite agree with me visited this nest several times, and saw the old bird feeding her young. skin of one killed in the Catel Parish in December, 1878; and Mr. MacCulloch informs me it occasionally visits that Island in autumn, but a common summer visitant, breeding certainly in Guernsey, Sark, and never seen a Channel Island specimen in breeding plumage, or even in a not shot this bird in the Channel Islands myself, nor have I seen it ./cache/14473.txt ./txt/14473.txt