158 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. ix. 



another observer on April 24th, 1913, the birds have now 

 probably established themselves in the neighbourhood. 



Howard Bentham. 



[Bucknill (Birds of Surrey, p. 312) in 1900 described this 

 species as an occasional visitor on migration, occurring in 

 s])riiig and autumn and iiot resident. — Eds.] 



ROSEATE TERN IN KENT. 

 A FINE example of the Roseate Tern (Sterna dougalli) was 

 shown me in the flesh on August 27th, 1915, having been 

 shot the previous day at Lydd, Kent. It proved to be a 

 male in perfect adult plumage, the whole of the chest and 

 under-part of the body being suffused with a beautiful rosy 

 tint. Although there are two ])revious records of this bird 

 being seen in Kent, this is the first example obtained in the 

 county. H. W. Ford-Lindsay. 



POMATORHINE SKUA IN CARNARVONSHIRE. 



On August 26th, 1915, a fine calm day, I watched a 

 Pomatorhine Skua (Stercorarvm pomarinus) in Carnarvon 

 Bay by means of a powerful telescope. It was some distance 

 out at sea, but I could make out that it was an immature 

 bird in dark plumage, with the central tail-feathers well 

 ])ronounced, giving the tail a somewhat wedge-shaped 

 appearance as the bird turned suddenly on the wing to 

 stoop at a passing Gull S. G. Cummings. 



ABUNDANCE OF LANDRAILS IN EAST SUSSEX. 



Not for many years past have there been so many Land- 

 Rails (Crex crex) during the autumn migration as in 1915. 

 From Fett eastwards there must have been hundreds wherever 

 there was sufficient cover to hide these wary little bitds. 

 Over forty were shot during the cutting of a small ])icce of 

 clover, and I should estimati' that at least twenty a day 

 were shot by the " lookers " on the marsh. 



I only saw one specimen of the Spotted Crake (Porzana. 

 porzana), and this was shot on September 25th. Probably 

 one or two more were obtained, and found their way into 

 the "looker's" family stew-i)ot, which is resjionsible for the 

 loss of many good birds. H. W. Fokd-Lindsav. 



