The Chough is mentioned in Professor Ansted’s list, but marked as only occurring in Guernsey and Sark.  There are two specimens in the Museum.

75.  JACKDAW. Corvus monedula, Linnaeus.  French, “Choucas,” “Choucas gris.”—­I am quite aware that many Guernsey people will tell you that there are no Jackdaws in Guernsey, but that their place is entirely taken by Choughs.  Mr. MacCulloch seems to be nearly of this opinion, as he writes me—­“I suppose you are right in saying there are a few Jackdaws in Guernsey, but I do not remember ever to have seen one here;” and he adds—­“I believe they are common in Alderney,” which is certainly the case; as I said above, they have almost, if not quite, supplanted the Choughs there.  There are, however, certainly a few Jackdaws in Guernsey, as I have seen them there on several occasions, but I cannot say that any breed there, and I think they are only occasional wanderers from the other Islands, Sark, Jethou, and Herm, where they do breed.  Mr. Gallienne’s note to Professor Ansted’s list seems to agree very much with this, as he says—­“The Jackdaw, which is a regular visitor to Alderney, is rarely seen in Guernsey.”  It is now, however, resident in Alderney, as well as in Sark, Jethou, and Herm.

It is mentioned in Professor Ansted’s list, but only marked as occurring in Guernsey and Sark, nothing being said about Alderney and the other Islands in spite of Mr. Gallienne’s note.  There is no specimen at present in the Museum.

76.  RAVEN. Corvus corax, Linnaeus.  French, “Corbeau,” “Corbeau noir.”—­The Raven can now only be looked upon as an occasional straggler.  I do not think it breeds at present in any of the Islands, as I have not seen it anywhere about in the breeding-season since 1866, when I saw a pair near the cliffs on the south-end of the Island in June; but as the Raven is a very early breeder, these may have only been wanderers.  It is probably getting scarcer in Guernsey, as I have not seen any there since; and the last note I have of Ravens being seen in the Island is in a letter from Mr. Couch, who wrote me word that two Ravens had been seen and shot at several times, but not obtained, in November, 1873.  I have not seen a Raven in any of the other Islands, and do not know of one having occurred there.

Professor Ansted includes it in his list, and marks it as only occurring in Guernsey.  There is no specimen at present in the Museum.

77.  CROW. Corvus corone, Linnaeus.  French, “Corneille noire.”—­The Crow is pretty common, and breeds in most of the Islands, and probably at times commits considerable depredations amongst the eggs and young of the Gulls and Shags—­at all events it is by no means a welcome visitor to the breeding stations of the Gulls, as in this summer (1878) I saw four Crows about a small gullery near Petit Bo Bay, one of which flew over the side of the cliff to have a look at the Gulls’ eggs, probably