Professor Ansted mentions the Hedgesparrow in his list, but restricts it to Guernsey and Sark.  I have, however, frequently seen it in Alderney and Herm, and the little Island of Jethou.

29.  ROBIN. Ericathus rubecula, Linnaeus.  French.  “Bec-fin rouge-gorge,” “Rouge gorge.”  The Robin, like the Hedgesparrow, is a common resident in all the Islands, and I cannot find that its numbers are increased at any time of year by migration.  But on the other hand I should think a good many of the young must be driven off to seek quarters elsewhere by their most pugnacious parents, for of all birds the Robin is by far the most pugnacious with which I am acquainted, and deserves the name of “pugnax” much more than the Ruff, and in a limited space like Jethou and Herm battles between the old and the young would be constant unless some of the young departed altogether from the Island.

Professor Ansted includes the Robin in his list, but, as with the Hedgesparrow, only mentions it as occurring in Guernsey and Sark.  It is, however, equally common in Alderney, Jethou, and Herm.

30.  REDSTART. Ruticilla phoenicurus, Linnaeus.  French, “Rouge-queue,” “Bec-fin des murailles.”—­I should not have included the Redstart in this list, as I have never seen it in the Islands myself, but on sending a list of the birds I intended to include to Mr. MacCulloch, he wrote to say—­“You mention Tithy’s Redstart; the common one is also seen here.”  In consequence of this information I looked very sharply out for the birds during the two months (June and July) which I was in Guernsey this year (1878), but I never once saw the bird in any of the Islands, nor could I find any one who had; and such a conspicuous and generally well known bird could hardly have escaped observation had it been in the Island in any numbers.  I may add that I have had the same bad luck in all my former visits to the Islands, and never seen a Redstart.  I suppose, however, from Mr. MacCulloch’s note that it occasionally visits the Islands for a short time on migration, very few, if any, remaining to breed.

It is included in Professor Ansted’s list, but only marked as occurring in Guernsey.  There is, however, no specimen at present in the Museum.

31.  BLACK REDSTART. Ruticilla titys, Scopoli.  French, “Rouge queue Tithys.”—­The Black, or Tithys Redstart, as it is sometimes called, is a regular and by no means uncommon autumnal visitant to Guernsey.  It seems very much to take the place of the Wheatear, arriving about the time the Wheatear departs, and mostly frequenting the same places.  In Guernsey it is most common near the sea about the low part of the Island, from L’ancresse Common to Perrelle Bay.  In habits it puts one very much in mind of the Wheatear, being very fond, like that bird, of selecting some big stone or some other conspicuous place to perch on and keep a look-out either for intruders or for some passing insect, either flying or creeping, for it is an entirely insect-feeding bird.