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to leave such conduct to the judgment of all honourable minds, and rest 

 satisfied with the only inference which can be drawn as to Mr. Waterton's 

 consciousness of his defeat, thus evidenced by his making a show of his 

 side of the question, and carefully suppressing the other. — F. 0. Morris. 



Occurrence of the Fulmar Petrel, (Procellaria glacialis,) in the South. — 

 This rare visitor to the southern parts of our Island was washed ashore 

 hei*e, near Kemp Town, on the 30th. January, 1858. It was picked up 

 by a fisherman, and taken to Mr. H. Pratt, Naturalist, of Duke Street, 

 Brighton, to be preserved and set up. It was found during a very heavy 

 gale from the south-west. It had apparently been dead only a very short 

 time; the eyes were turned black, and it is presumed that from some 

 cause it had become blind, and naturally was starved to death. It is an 

 adult female specimen, and the plumage in fine condition. In dissecting 

 the bird, Mr. Pratt found it had what he calls a double windpipe; it has 

 two distinct tubes inside, and running through the whole length of the 

 windpipe, — a circumstance which neither Yarrell or Macgillivray has noticed, 

 but I think most probably may be found in all the genus Procellaria. — 

 T. Thorncroft, Brighton, February 8th., 1858. 



Fulmar Petrel off Brighton. — I have just secured a good specimen of the 

 Fulmar Petrel, which was picked up blind off Brighton by a fisherman. 

 This is the only instance I am aware of this bird having been met 

 with in Sussex. — G. Grantham, Hove, February 5th., 1858. 



Birds shot in the Dumfries district. — January 2nd., 1858. — Buff-breasted 

 Merganser, (Merganser castor.) 7th. — Bittern, (Botaurus stellaris.) 22nd. 

 — Golden-eyed Garrot, (Clangula chrysophthalma,) male and female. 28th. 

 — Blue-winged Shovel-bill, (Rhynchaspis clypeata,) female. 30th. — Short- 

 eared Owl, (Strix brachyotos.) A variety of the Moorhen, (Gallinula 

 chloropus,) answering in every description to one described in your "British 

 Birds," (vol. v., page 29,) as being shot at Branford, near Ipswich, Suffolk, 

 December 16th., 1847.— W. G. G., Dumfries, February 8th., 1858. 



The Little Grebe, (Podiceps minor.) — Having for some time past a 

 specimen of this bird alive, I have had ample opportunities for observing 

 its habits, which I have not noticed as being particularly noted. I had a 

 very large globe with small fish in it, which the bird was able to go into 

 when it pleased to feed, it being so tame at to dive after the fish before 

 me, which it brought up and swallowed whole. When the bird is at rest 

 I observed that it does not rest with the feet upon the ground as other birds 

 do, but turns them up so as to place them under its wings, which it covers 

 with its side-feathers so as to entirely hide them from sight. It will also 

 rest in the same mauner upon the water. I have never observed this bird 



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