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Summer birds at Boehampton.



The second day was rather rough, and the Fulmars were

scarcer.


The third day but four or five Fulmars were observed.


On the fourth day Fulmars were scarce in the forenoon, but

abundant at 3.30 p.m.


The fifth day no Fulmars were seen until noon, after which

time they were abundant.


On the sixth day only two or three Fulmars were seen, at

about 3.30 p.m.


For the last two days, before reaching the Canadian coast, no

Fulmars appeared at all.


Returning to Europe after a few days, precisely the same

occurred as on the previous voyage—no Fulmars were seen for

the first two days after leaving Canada, and on the third a bird,

which may have been of this species, was observed just as it was

getting dark.


Fulmars were abundant on the fourth day.


The fifth day Fulmars were again much in evidence, and the

same is true of the sixth.


On the seventh day Fulmars were still flying astern with

Kittiwakes and one or two Great Black-backed Gulls, and the eighth

day saw the ship safely back in a British harbour.


The above notes, of course, lose some of their value from the

fact that the writer was not always on the upper deck during the

day ; at the same time some hours were spent daily, in all weathers,

in observation of the avifauna of the open sea. In the experience

of the writer the grey form of the Fulmar is a good deal scarcer

than the white.



SUMMER BIRDS AT ROEHAMPTON.


By Allen Silver.


In the grounds here I have seen Jays and Stock Doves

(of course Wood-Pigeons), Blackcap, Willow Wrens, Chiffchaffs,

Nuthatches, Creepers, Goldfinches, and Redpolls, Tits, Lesser-

Spotted and Greater-Spotted Woodpeckers. The former are nesting,

and I have found the nesting-hole. Just outside London the



