Excerpt from The Birds of Guernsey: And the Neighboring Islands Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornithology of the Channel Islands Though perhaps not possessing the interest to the ornithologist which Lundy Island (the only breeding-place of the Gannet in the south-west of England) or the Scilly Islands possess, or being able to produce the long list of birds which the indefatigable Mr. Gaetke has been able to do for his little island, Heligoland, the avifauna of Guernsey and the ...
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Excerpt from The Birds of Guernsey: And the Neighboring Islands Alderney, Sark, Jethou, Herm; Being a Small Contribution to the Ornithology of the Channel Islands Though perhaps not possessing the interest to the ornithologist which Lundy Island (the only breeding-place of the Gannet in the south-west of England) or the Scilly Islands possess, or being able to produce the long list of birds which the indefatigable Mr. Gaetke has been able to do for his little island, Heligoland, the avifauna of Guernsey and the neighbouring islands is by no means devoid of interest; and as little has hitherto been published about the Birds of Guernsey and the neighbouring islands, except in a few occasional papers published by Miss C. B. Carey, Mr. Harvie Browne, myself, and a few others, in the pages of the 'zoologist, ' I make no excuse for publishing this list of the birds, which, as an occasional Visitor to the Channel Islands for now some thirty years, have in some way been brought to my notice as occurring in these Islands either as residents, migrants, or occasional Visitants. Channel Island specimens of several of the rarer birds mentioned, as well as of the commoner ones. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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