of which the bird seems conscious, as it will frequently remain on its resting 

 place untU within a few feet of the hand that may be directed towards it. 



Passin- over the Columbids and others, we now find ourselves among the 

 marsh and witer birds, the former of which have become more and more scarce 

 in consequence of their food being taken from them by me.ns of the universal 

 appUcation of drainage in cultivation. One of their last strongholds upon the 

 Berrington estate, near Leominster, is now about to be taken from them, a drainage 

 contract, it is announced, having been entered into. 



We must not trespass further upon your time and attention than merely to 

 enumerate the names and produce drawings of several rare specimens which the 

 hard winter of 1854-5 tempted to make an exploration of the Wye in the hopes 

 of refreshing themselves on their passage from a northern to a more southern 

 shore of our sea-girtisle : such as the wild swan, both Hooper's (Cygnus mus,cusj 

 and Bewick's (Cnr,„us minor), the Pochard Duck CAvasferinaJ, the Tufted Duck 

 (AnasfuUguluJ, the Red-throated Diver rColymbus Sc/)«en<r,dn«h>A a Norwegian 

 bird, the Cormorant (Carbo cormoranus), the Goosander (^Tergus mcvanserj, 

 male and female, and some others, but we believe the most remarkable specimen 

 of all to be found in this inland county, is that of the Manx Shearwater 

 (ProeeUaria puffinusj, which was captured in a turnip-field in the parish of 

 Peterstow, near Ross, by a party of sportsmen in the first week of September, 

 1867. There had been storms of rain, thunder, and wind a few days before, and 

 the bird was e.-chausted when taken : but those who are familiar with the charm- 

 ing descriptions given by Yarrell in his account of the British birds, may weU be 

 surprised at finding this specimen here, when he says that this member of the 

 Petrel family rarely alights upon terra firma save to deposit and sit upon its eggs 

 on the rocks and caves of our south-west coasts. 



We cannot close the recital of this paper without acknowledging the 

 fact that although the names of two persons are announced as the authors of 

 it, the greater part is due to the pen of one, the Rev. Clement Ley, curate 

 of King's Caple, near Ross, who, but for this explanation, might well have 

 said, " Hos ego versiculos feci tulit, alter honorem;" as also he may stUl exclaim, 

 "Sic vos non vobis nidificatis aves ! " 



It was admirably illustrated by very beautiful drawings in water colours 

 by Jlrs. Armitage, and at the same time the eggs of several of the species were 

 shown by Mr. Ley. 



The following interesting paper was afterwards read :— 



