The Fire-crest is not mentioned in Professor Ansted’s list, and there is no specimen at present in the Museum.

45.  WREN. Troglodytes parvulus, K.L.  Koch.  French, “Roitelet,” “Troglodyte mignon,” “Troglodyte ordinaire.”—­The Wren is common and resident in all the Islands, and very generally distributed, being almost as common amongst the wild rocks on the coast as in the inland parts.  On the 7th of July, 1878, I found a Wren’s nest amongst some of the wildest rocks in the Island; the hinder part of the nest was wedged into a small crevice in the rock very firmly, the nest projecting and apparently only just stuck against the face of the rock.  A great deal of material had been used, and the nest, projecting from the face of the rock as it did, looked large, and when I first caught sight of it I thought I might have hit upon an old Water Ouzel’s nest.  On getting close, however, I found it was only a Wren’s, with young birds in it.  I visited this nest several times, and saw the old bird feeding her young.  I could not, however, quite make out what she fed them with, but I think with insects caught amongst the seaweed and tangle amongst the rocks.  After the young were flown I took this nest, and was astonished to find, when it was taken out of the crevice, how much material had been used in wedging it in, and how firmly it was attached to the rock.  This was certainly necessary to keep it in its place in some of the heavy gales that sometimes happen even at that time of year; in a very heavy north-westerly gale it would hardly have been clear of the wash of the waves at high water.

The Wren is included in Professor Ansted’s list, but marked as only occurring in Guernsey.  There is no specimen in the Museum.

46.  TREE-CREEPER. Certhia familiaris, Linnaeus.  French, “Grimpereau,” “Grimpereau familier.”—­The Tree-creeper is resident and not uncommon in all the Islands, except perhaps Alderney, in which Island I have never seen it.  In Guernsey it may be seen in most of the wooded parts, and frequently near the town, in the trees on the lawns at Candie, Castle Carey, and in the New Ground.  I have never seen it take to the rocks near the sea, like the Wren.

It is mentioned in Professor Ansted’s list, and marked as occurring in Guernsey and Sark.  There is no specimen in the Museum.

47.  GREAT TIT. Parus major, Linnaeus.  French, “Mesange Charbonniere.”—­The Paridae are by no means well represented in the Islands, either individually or as to number of species; and the Guernsey gardeners can have very little cause to grumble at damage done to the buds by the Tits.  The Great Tit is moderately common and resident in Guernsey, but by no means so common as in England.  During the whole two months I was in the Island this last summer, 1878, I only saw two or three Great Tits, and this quite agrees with my experience in June and July, 1866, and at other times.

The Great Tit is included in Professor Ansted’s list, but only marked by him as occurring in Sark.