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October, 1859, a bird of this species was picked up 

 by some boys, who found it lying dead, but still warm, 

 upon the road opposite the Priory, Burnham. It 

 was presented to Mr. J. Howard of that village, who 

 had it stuffed at Eton, and at whose house I saw it. 

 The Rev. F. O. Morris states, in his ^ British Birds,' 

 that Mr. James Dalton, of Worcester College, Oxford, 

 sent him a note of a Storm Petrel which was found 

 dead on the ground not far from the town of Buck- 

 ingham. In this, as in other instances, he unfortu- 

 nately gives no date, a practice too common with 

 many authors, and one which is much to be repre- 

 hended ; for in determining the migratory habits of 

 a species, and its geographical distribution, the exact 

 date at which it makes its appearance in any given 

 locality is of much importance. 



I am indebted to Mr. James Britten, the Hon. 

 Secretary to the Natural History Society of High 

 Wycombe, for a notice of a Storm Petrel which 

 was knocked down in the evening of the 2 1st of 

 January, 1868, in the London Road, near Wycombe. 

 It was taken by its captor to Mr. Britten, and 

 although in good plumage it appeared very weak. 

 It was enveloped in flannel and placed in a basket 

 for the night. The next day it enjoyed a bath of 

 fresh water, to which it was not averse, and it had 

 an ample feast of cod-liver oil and crumbs of bread. 

 On the following Friday it appeared weaker, and 

 sank immediately on being placed in a bath prepared 



