272 BIRDS OF MIDDLESEX. 



and comes inland. A Storm Petrel was shot in 

 November, 1824, from a coal -barge, while flying 

 over the Thames between the bridges of Blackfriars 

 and Westminster. The capture of this specimen is 

 recorded by Mr. Yarrell in the ' Zoological Journal' 

 for April, 1825, and in the * History of British 

 Birds,' where, however, the date given is March, 

 1825. 



Towards the end of October, 1857, a Storm Petrel 

 was knocked down with a stick and caught on the 

 Edge ware Koad, at Paddington, about seven o'clock 

 in the evening. It was a wet, windy night, and the 

 bird was much exhausted. It was supposed to have 

 strayed up the river from the coast. 



