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GG.^The Common Tern (Stenia Innindn). Scai'cely a winter passes 

 without our seein<( one or more of these pretty birds. They 

 are driven in liv tlie easterly j^ales, and fretjuent the freshwater 

 pools until they fall to the f,'un. Two local specimens were 

 sent to the Leicester Museum in 1881. 



(57. — The Arctic Tern {Stenui mucruni.) The ithos-e remarks- apply 

 also to this species, except that it is not quite so frequently 

 seen as the Common Tern. 



G8. — The Bluck Tern (Sterniji^sipes). Very rare. I have two notes. 

 The first was shot at Saddins^ton Reservoir in ISC)') by 

 Rev. A. Matthews, and is now in his collection. For the 

 second note I am in debt to Mr. Browne, who writes me : — 

 "Mr. E. Bidwell, of Surbiton, Surrey, informs me that he 

 bought a specimen at Leicester, said to have been killed in the 

 Aljbey Meadow. 



()9. — The Black-headed Gull {Lavus ridibuiulus). Potter mentions its 

 occuri-ence on the Bradgate pools. " Two, male and female, 

 specimens, in winter plumage, were shot at Belgrave, Novem- 

 ber Hrd, 1881, and are now in the Leicester Museum — " 

 (M. Browne.) 



70. — The Kittiwake ( Lant^i tridactt/his ). Common enough, and might 

 be obtained every year ; but, as a rule, this bird is spared, at 

 least by all lovers of nature. I shot one this last winter for 

 the Leicester Museum, which is sadly in want of new specimens. 



71. — The Common Ciull (T.tinis canus). Not unfre(|uently seen on 

 the inland freshwater pools, but generally spai'ed (like the 

 last-named species) by the shooter. I have no record of one 

 being killed here for many years. 



72. — The Herring Gull (Lams (inientcitus). Has been occasionally 

 seen, but not so often as either of the two last-named species. 



78. — The Great Black-headed Gull (Lams jiiariiittx >. Rev. A. 

 Matthews says that he has seen this species passing over in 

 small parties occasionally, and he once saw seven together. 



74. — The Lesser Black-headed Gull (lAims fuscint ). Mr. Montagu 

 Bi'owne writes thus : " I saw an adult specimen from 

 Bradgate in the autumn of 1880, in the possession of a man 

 named Donnell, of Leicester. The Leicester Museum also 

 possesses one, shot at Melton, in 1881." 



7;"). — The Common Skua ( Lestris c<(t(ir(ict('!< ). Mentioned in Potter's 

 book as Imviiig occurred at Bradgate in 1841. 



7r>. — The Pomatorhine Skua ( Lrstris poinator]iinus /. " The Leicester 

 Museum possesses an immature specimen of this, shot at 

 Somerby in November, 1881." — (M. Browne.) One was killed 

 near Hinckley in 1879, and is now in the collection of Mr. R. W. 

 Chase, of Birmingham, to whose courtesy I owe the note. 



77. — Richardson"s Skua (Lestris paraaitinis). "In the autumn of 

 IHSO, I saw, in the possession of the man Donnell, a nearly 

 adult specimen of this, said to have been shot at Enderby."" — 

 (M. Browne.) 



78.— The Manx Petrel ( Piijfiiuts miiilomni i. Li 18f>7, one was picked 

 up, nearly dead, at Gumley. It is in the collection of Rev. A. 

 Matthews. Another was found dead at Billesdon in 187'.). 



79. — The Storm Petrel ( TJiaidssidrdiiui pelagica ). In 1862 a specimen 

 was found dead at Gumley, and is in the possession of Rev, A, 

 Matthews, 



