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fish and worms. As suddenly as it dives, so suddenly 

 does it re-appear, not far from the spot where it was first 

 observed." (Brownlow Tower). 



Manx Shearwater. In the Field of Dec. nth, 1886, Mr. 



Puffinus Anglorum. Beckwith wrote: "Although said to 

 be so truly aquatic that it seldom 

 resorts to the shore except during the breeding season, the 

 Manx Shearwater sometimes comes inland in autumn 

 and more frequently in wet foggy weather than after 

 storms. In Sept., 1859, two were caught, one on the 

 Severn, in Shrewsbury, the other near Shifnal. In Sept., 

 1873, another was killed on the Severn at Montford 

 Bridge ; and in Oct., 1877, one joined the poultry at the 

 Hay Farm, near Coalport, where it remained for several 

 days, but was at last killed by a cat. During the early 

 part of Sept., 1882, a small flock of these birds appears 

 to have wandered here. Two were caught near Oswestry, 

 and three others near Ludlow, Ditton Priors, and Cressage, 

 three of them being adult, and two birds of the year. 

 Again in Sept., 1884, an adult bird was picked up near 

 Shrewsbury, and two others at Aston-on-Clun, and 

 Halston, near Oswestry. Several of these birds that I 

 examined, though in good plumage and condition, were 

 quite unable to fly, and even those that had gained fresh 

 water did not seem able to recover their strength." 

 Another was found by Mr. Benson at Lutwyche, Sept. 

 9th, 1887. 



FORK-TAILED PETREL. A pretty little black bird 



CymochorecL leucorrhoa. similar to the next but not quite so 



deep a black and with a much more 



forked tail. It has been obtained about ten times in the 





