BIRDS 



281. Wilson's Petrel. Oceanitet oceanicus 



(KM). 



A petrel, bought at Doubleday's sale, 

 which Mr. Hope has (see Birds of Essex, p. 

 271), is of this species : not Leach's. There 

 is nothing to prove that it is the example, 

 found dead in a field near Epping after a 

 storm, about the middle of November 1840, 

 which Doubleday seems to speak of as a 

 Leach's petrel ; but this is probable, as the 

 bird is believed to be an Essex specimen. 



282. Great Shearwater. Puffinm gravii 



(O'Reilly). 



An occasional autumn and winter visitor. 



283. Manx Shearwater. Puffinus anglorum 



(Temminck). 



As the foregoing. Sometimes driven by 

 storms far inland. 



284. Fulmar. Fulmarut glacia/ls (Linn.). 



An occasional winter visitor, seldom seen 

 except when driven ashore by severe 

 storms. 



ADDENDA 



285 (470). Grey-headed Yellow Wagtail. 



Motacilla barea/is t Sundevall. 

 A very rare straggler to Britain. An 

 example was taken by some bird catchers in a 

 nightingale trap, set in the fields between 

 Southend and Shoeburyness, early in May, 

 some six or eight years ago (Keulemans). 



286 (ilia). Lesser Golden Plover. Char- 

 adrius dominicus^ P. L. S.' Muller. 



A very rare straggler to Britain, which has 

 occurred once only in Essex. An example, 

 believed to be an adult male, was shot on 

 August 6, 1896, at Shellhaven Point, in the 

 Fobbing marshes, by Mr. H. Nunn (Zoo/. 

 1897, p. 330). 



287 (2430). Gull-billed Tern. Sterna ang/ica, 



Montagu. 



A rare straggler to Britain. An example, 

 one of five which flew over Ashdon on 

 May 21, 1901, was shot by Mr. Howe, a 

 gamekeeper, who still has it. I have not yet 

 been able to examine it. It has been sub- 

 mitted to Mr. G. N. Maynard, curator of 

 the museum at Saffron Walden, who believes 

 that its identification is correct. 



SUMMARY 



The 287 species of birds admitted into the foregoing list as belong- 

 ing to the county of Essex may be classified roughly as follows : 



Residents 67 



Summer visitors 35 



Winter visitors 89 



Passing migrants 18 



Occasional stragglers 7^ 



Total 



287 



253 



