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In a large aviary close to the lake were four healthy young 

 Sandwich Terns, a Grey Plover, and some young Blackheaded 

 Gulls, as companions for the Terns, while in a part of a 

 little shrubbery, enclosed by an iron netting, but uncovered, 

 near the lake, lived two pairs of the New Zealand Weka Rails, 

 so tame and domesticated that they reared several young birds, 

 some of which I saw were as large as their parents, and equall}^ 

 tame. 



The upper part of the lawn was tenanted by White Storks, 

 and a remarkabh* handsome specimen of the Crowned CranC; 

 while Silver Pheasants ran about the grass near another large 

 aviary, containing a pair of Ravens, Grey Crows, and 

 specimens of the Tawny, I,ong-eared, Barn, and Short-eared 

 Owls, and an Australian Piping Crow. Altogether, it was the 

 most interesting private collection of living birds that I ever 

 saw, and all looking so healthy as to do the greatest credit to 

 their management. 



In a room used as a museum, Mr. L^angham has a fine 

 collection of native birds, nicely arranged in a large central 

 case, and a number of smaller ones round the room. Among 

 the birds I noticed a fine specimen of the Iceland Gull in that 

 very white phase of plumage common to both Glaucous and 

 Iceland Gulls in the last season before assuming the perfect 

 plumage of the adult. This specimen was the whitest I ever 

 saw, not a trace of the pale grey mantle on back or shoulders, 

 but this extreme whiteness of colour was probabl}^ owing to 

 the lateness of the date when the bird was obtained, Mr. 

 Langliam having found the bird dead on the MuUaghmore 

 sands on the 5th June, 1896. After passing a very pleasant 

 day I returned to Enniskillen, intending next morning to go 

 out on the lake in search of the Sandwich Terns' breeding 

 haunt. 



When passing Lough Eyes, a small lake on the roadside 

 between Tempo and Eisbellaw, I observed a young Great 

 Crested Grebe swimming near a little island; it appeared full- 

 grown and well able to fly across the lake, and on mentioning 

 the fact to Mr. lyangham, he told me that two pairs of Grebes 

 bred on that small sheet of water. Next morning I went out 

 on I^ough Erne, and visiting the terns' breeding-haunt, found 



