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observed a few on different parts of the coast, I have 

 never had a chance to procure a single specimen. 



The bird in the case was shot while flying over the 

 Hickling Marshes in the east of Norfolk, in December, 

 1873. 



RAZOR BILL. (WINTER.) 

 Case 216. 



The Razor Bill in winter is met with in numbers all 

 round our coasts, a few miles off the land, following 

 the shoals of sprats and other fish on which they feed. 

 During protracted rough weather they occasionally 

 suffer severely from hunger, those obtained after a 

 storm being usually in poor condition. 



The fishermen on some parts of the south coast 

 appear to have a fancy for these birds. I have often 

 been asked for any I did not want, the men declaring 

 they made a capital dish when stuffed with onions. 



The specimens in the case were shot in the English 

 Channel during the winter of 1870. 



LESSER BLACK-BACK GULL. (SUMMER.) 

 Case 217. 



The present species is perhaps the most numerous of 

 our British Sea Gulls, breeding on various rocky 

 parts of the coast, and in colonies of smaller or larger 

 size on the inland lochs of Scotland. 



The islands on Loch Maree, in the west of Ross-shire, 

 are resorted to every season by thousands of pairs of 

 these birds. They are here permitted to rear their 



