Browne, at Reedham, upon trees. Other building-pi ice? 

 mentioned are the RQSS of Kircudbright, St. Bees' Head, and 

 the Isle of Man. 



It is common on the Norfolk coast near Yarmouth, in the 

 neighbourhood of the broads, especially in the autumn. 

 One was shot at Herringfleet, in breeding plumage, on the 

 4th. of April, 1848; also in Dorsetshire. In Cornwall, about 

 Falmouth, Grwyllyn Yase, Swanpool, Mainporth, Pennance, 

 and other parts. In Oxfordshire, a fine bird of this species 

 was shot by Frederic Dashwood, Esq. on the piece of 

 water in Kirtlington Park. In Berkshire it has occurred 

 on Frilham Pond, near Newbury, namely, in November, 

 1803. In Worcestershire, one at Hewell Park, near Broms- 

 grove, the seat of the Hon. Robert Henry Clive, M.P., 

 the early part of April, 1849. Dr. Hey sham has recorded 

 that about the year 1759, one of these birds perched upon 

 the castle at Carlisle, and soon afterwards removed to the 

 Cathedral. In another instance a flock of fifteen or twenty 

 alighted in a tree on the banks of the River Esk, in the 

 same county of Cumberland, near Netherby Hall, the seat 

 of the 'Graham of Netherby Clan.' 



The Cormorant has been met with near Godalming, Surrey. 

 In Lincolnshire, on Croxby Lake and other places. An 

 immature specimen was shot on the Thames at Svvanscombe, 

 in Kent, in April, 1848. They often frequent the water 

 around Walton Hall, Yorkshire, in the winter. 



In Orkney it is a native bird; so also common in Ireland. 

 One was shot on the wing with a rifle by the Hon. Mr. 

 Plunkett, son of Lord Plunkett, and having hit it in the 

 neck, the bullet cut in two a large eel, which the bird had 

 in its throat at the time. This singular circumstance is 

 related in 'The Naturalist,' volume i., page 68, by Samuel 

 Hannaford, Esq., Jun. 



Mr. John Dutton, R.N., has favoured me with some 

 particulars of these birds. He says they always dip their 

 wings in the water on first taking flight from their resting- 

 places. 



They often collect in parties of thirty or forty, and occa- 

 sionally in very large bodies, more than a thousand having 

 been seen together at one time. 



On the land they are dull and heavy. They are only to 

 be seen to advantage on the water. They roost indiscrimi- 

 nately on rocks or high trees, houses and other buildings, posts, 



