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CEdemia fusca. Velvet Scoter. 



Three or four seen and a female shot Nov. 21. 



ffiDEMiA NIGRA. Common Scoter. 



A few seen in May and June. Large numbers, chiefly 

 young birds, seen in November. 



Mergus merganser. Goosander. 



Four or five made out with a telescope from the yacht in 

 harbour on Nov. 25. 



Mergus serrator. Red-breasted Merganser. 

 Common in small lots of from three to seven during 

 November. 



Larus marinus. Great Black-backed Gull. 

 An immature bird shot on Dec. 2. 



Larus argentatus. Herring-Gull. 

 Common in November. 



Larus leucoph^us. Yellow-legged Herring-Gull. 



This race was the only Herring-Gull observed during May 

 and June. On Nov. 23 one was shot ; but during that month 

 L. argentatus was most common. 



Larus fuscus. Lesser Black-backed Gull. 

 Observed in May and June, but more common in No- 

 vember. 



Larus ridibundus. Black-headed Gull. 



Once observed in May. Abundant in November. 



RissA TRiDACTYLA. Kittiwakc. 

 Many seen off coast in December. 



Sterna cantiaca. 

 A few seen in May. 



Sterna minuta. Little Tern. 



One seen by Lord Lilford on May 20. 



Hydrochelidon nigra. Black Tern. 

 One seen and shot on May 6. 



