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from a boat off Brixham, March 23rd, 1868 ; it was 

 in company with a flock of Herring Gulls." On the 

 4th of February, 1872. Gatcombe watched an 

 Iceland Gull sailing up and down just above the 

 low cliffs at the Devil's Point, which was so tame 

 and came so close that he could plainly see its pale 

 flesh coloured bill, with a very dark tip, and also its 

 pinkish legs. It was in the very light brown or 

 immature plumage. On the 27th of November, 

 1873, Gatcombe observed an adult bird in Plymouth 

 Sound, " no doubt driven in by the prevailing 

 northerly gales." It is unnecessary to further 

 extend the list of local specimens. 



KITTIWAKE.— i?/s&Y< trldachjla (Linn). 



A RESIDENT species, breeding, according to Mr. 

 Rawson, along the North Coast of Devon from 

 Baggy Point to Lynmouth ; " multitudes'' says Mr. 

 H. Saunders " make their nests on the precipitous 

 crags of Lundy Island off North Devon " (Yarrell. 

 B.B. IV. p. 651). Stragglers are to be met with 

 all along the South Coast in winter, and sometimes 

 the birds are numerous. 



IVORY (^\]h'h.—Pagophna eburma (Phipps). 

 A RARE visitant. An immature Ivory Gull made 

 its appearance at Torquay on the 18th of January, 

 1853. '' It was first seen " writes Mr. Burt in and 

 about our pier, evidently much distressed, as it 



