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the large colonies in the Govermnent reserves in Denmark, 

 AA'here the birds live under perfectty natural conditions. — 



F. C. R. JOURDAIN.] 



SABINE'S AND LITTLE GULLS, AND GREY 

 PHALAROPES IN NORFOLK. 



I SHOULD like to record that I saw a young Sabine's Gull 

 (Xenia sahinii) on the beach below Blakeney Harbour, Norfolk, 

 on October 28th, 1911, the wind having blown out to the 

 north-east the previous afternoon. My friend Mr. F. I. 

 Richards and Edward Ramm were with me at the time. 



The latter tells me he saw three Little Gulls {Larus mimdus) 

 Ijesides several Grey Phalaropes (Phalaropus fulicarius) 

 there, during the gale on October 1st. Clifford Borrer. 



BLACK-HEADED GULL IN WORCESTERSHIRE. 



Ok March 31st, 1911, about 2 p.m., I saw two Black-headed 

 Gulls {Larus ridihundus) flj^ng south-east over Suckley 

 (Worcestershire). As this w^as a remarkable migration day, 

 I imagine that these were not simply wandeiers, but were 

 passing across the country on a regular migration. 



C. J. Alexander. 



PUFFIN IN BERKSHIRE. 



On November 1st, 1911, a living Puffin {Fratercula arctica) 

 was brought to me for identification. It A\'as an immature 

 bird, and had been found in a ditch at Ascot, Berkshire, in an 

 exhausted condition. It lived about three days and died 

 ax:)parently from starvation. Dudley W. Collings. 



[Mr. H. Noble (Vict. Hist. Berks.) gives four occuiTcnces of 

 the Puffin in the countj^ — the last near Faringdon on October 

 25th, 1893. One was reported on the Thames between Barnes 

 and Hammersmith on October 4th, 1911 {Field, 7.X.1911. 

 p. 825).— Eds.] 



MANX SHEARWATER IN CUMBERLAND. 

 On August 9th, 1911, I found a dead Manx Shearwater 

 (Puffinus aiiglorum) on the shore at St. Bees, Cumberland. 

 It was too much decomposed for preservation, and I should 

 say that it had been dead about a month. I was, however, 

 able to secure the skuU. It was an adult bird. There 

 appear to be only five previous records for Cumberland. 



Marjory Garnett. 



