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June number of the Zoologist for 1866, in which is a 

 capital paper on the subject by Mr. Blake-Knox, of 

 Dalkey, co. Dubhn. 



Colonel Montagu, writing in June, 1813, says: — 

 * We have been assured that the Shag was shot as 

 far inland as Newbury, in Berkshire : a very rare 

 occurrence for it to desert salt water, but probably 

 enticed so far by that noble river the Thames, into 

 which the Kennet flows.' 



Gannet (S^ila alba). The Gannet, or Solan Goose, 

 like the two last-mentioned species, is numerous on 

 the coast, but rarely met with far from the sea. As the 

 time for nidification approaches, great numbers con- 

 gregate on the celebrated Bass Rock, Lundy Island, 

 the Isle of Ailsa, St. Kilda, and other favourite 

 resorts of sea-birds. Several naturalists, and amongst 

 others Montagu and Bishop Stanley, have maintained 

 that the bird in question has no nostrils. This, however, 

 is not the case, as the Gannet has exceedingly narrow 

 nostrils, well-concealed, and situated at the base of 

 the bill. Its occurrence has been reported near Eton, 

 but on somewhat slender evidence. Mr. Morris says 

 that a young male was shot near Wytham, in Berk- 

 shire, the seat of Lord Abingdon. It was killed by 

 his Lordship's gamekeeper upon the 14th of October, 

 1838. Another was seen at the same time; and a 

 third, probably of the same flock, was observed at 

 Weston-on-the-Green, in Oxfordshire, shortly after- 

 wards. The Rev. Bryant Burgess, of Latimer, near 



