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common Gull, but a few specimens are occasionally 

 obtained in spring and autumn. In March, 1867, I 

 saw one of these birds flying over the river near 

 Datchet. Mr. Drye, of Eton, possesses one which 

 was killed in that neighbourhood in 1865 ; he tells me 

 that since his residence in Eton he has had several 

 Kittiwakes sent to him for preservation, and that 

 the majority of these were procured after equi- 

 noctial gales. I have examined some half a dozen 

 of these Gulls preserved in various local collections, 

 but have been unable to obtain any particulars 

 respecting them. My friend Mr. Sharpe informed 

 me that the Kittiwake had occurred at Cookham ; 

 and specimens have been procured near Chesham. 

 Small flocks are occasionally seen near Fawley and 

 Pangbourne. 



COMMON GlJLL(Laruscanus). As its name implies, 

 this Gull is pretty generally distributed along our 

 coasts, but seldom ventures far inland, except in 

 severe weather, or during the period of migration in 

 spring and autumn. 



The Common Gull has been taken at Chesham, and 

 I have seen it flying over the Thames in autumn, at 

 which season specimens are occasionally shot near 

 Windsor. Mr. Wolley tells me that he observed a 

 flock of five of these birds near Chalvey in 1863. One 

 was killed in the neighbourhood of Fawley, by Mr. 

 Mackenzie's game-keeper in 1863. Mr. James Britten, 

 the Honorary Secretary to the Natural History 



