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of seagulls that have been seen this winter from 

 London Bridge seems to surpass those noticed 

 by Mr. Tristram- Valentine in March, 1888. 



Some years ago a few gulls took up their abode 

 during the winter in the large inclosure devoted to 

 these birds at the Zoological Gardens, where they 

 found abundant food. It is said that the same 

 birds put in under stress of weather another 

 winter. The list of London birds can be largely 

 increased, as Mr. Tristram- Valentine points out, 

 by the inclusion of migrants which stop here on 

 their journeys to and fro the south. The Zoo- 

 logical Gardens is a favourite place wherein to 

 make a temporary halt, the attraction being 

 perhaps partly the food, and perhaps more due 

 to the presence of individuals of the same species 

 whose call note stops them in their flight. 



FRANK E. BEDDARD. 



Zoological Society's Gardens, 

 Regent's Park, 

 February, 1895. 



