THE BIRDS OF DEVONSHIRE. 93 



ground : it is a young bird of the year " (Zool, 1875. 

 p. 4720). Mr. Gatcombe simultaneously recorded 

 this bird, remarking : " Since my return from North 

 Devon, I have heard from my friend the Rev. W. 

 S. Hore, of Barnstaple, that Mr. Rowe had received 

 an American Bittern, in the flesh, I believe killed 

 in the neighbourhood of Ufracombe " (ibid. p. 4:719). 



Family Ciconiid^. 

 WHITE STORK.— C/co^^/« alha, Beclist. 



A RARE visitant. Dr. Moore writes in 1837 : "Three 

 specimens have within the last hfteen years, been 

 obtained on Slapton Ley, according to Mr. Gosling" 

 (Mag. Nat. Hist. 1837. p. 321). Mr. Rowe states : 

 " Dr. Moore mentions three specimens killed on 

 Slapton Ley. The last Devonshire one is mentioned 

 by my cousin in Morris, B.B. vol, IV. p. 151. as 

 having been shot at Topsham on the Exe, July 28th, 

 1852 " (Birds of Devon, p. 37). 



BLACK STORK.— CVfo/«/'a «////■« (Liun). 



A RARE visitant. " A beautiful specimen " writes 

 Dr. Moore, "was shot on the Tamar, November 

 5th, 1831, and is now in Mr. Drew's collection ; I 

 saw the bird while warm and took note of it" (Mag. 

 Nat. Hist. 1837 p. 321). This example subsequently 

 became the property of the late Mr. Rodd (Birds of 

 Cornwall, p. 126). 



