172 THE BIRDS OF DEVONSHIRE. 



Torbay. In the North of the County, Mr. G. 

 F. Mathew reports three washed up dead on the 

 Taw, in 1868; Another was captured on the same 

 river near Barnstaple, in December, 1875 (Zool. 

 1876. p. 4814). 



PUFFIN. — Fratercula arctica (LiDn). 



A RESIDENT species, scarce at all times on the South 

 Coast of Devon, but numerous during the summer 

 months in the North, breeding at Lundy Island. 

 Mr. H, Saunders points out that this locality owes 

 its Scandinavian name to the myriads of Puffins 

 which breed in its grassy slopes ; ' lunde ' meaning 

 Puffin, and ' ey ' signifying island. 



Family CoLYMBiDiE. 

 GREAT NORTHERN DIVER.— (7o/?/mJz<s glacialis, Linn. 

 A FREQUENT winter visitant to our larger estuaries 

 and sea-board, chiefly met with in the south of the 

 County. Mr. Gatcombe studied this species no less 

 carefully than the Black Redstart, and the notes, 

 which appeared from his pen, during his later years, 

 are full of interest. In 1871, a fine old bird in nearly 

 full summer plumage, made its appearance in 

 Plymouth Sound on the 30th of October, " rather 

 early for this species." In 1875, another was killed 

 there on the 11th of November, " still in nearly full 

 summer plumage." Five others were shot a few days 

 later. On the 19th of December, he writes : " There 

 were three Great Northern Divers off Firestone Bay 



