2OO BIRD-LIFE IN A SOUTHERN COUNTY. 



during summer. Its only breeding stations are 

 on Lundy Island and in isolated spots along the 

 northern coasts of the county. Kittiwakes are only 

 known to nest regularly on Lundy. There are 

 no stations on the south coast; and this seems 

 all the more extraordinary when we know that the 

 bird is one of the most abundant of the Gulls in 

 the South Hams district during winter, and that 

 many admirable places where it might nest in 

 safety are tci be found there, especially between 

 the Berry and Dartmouth. We are not at all 

 surprised to know that the late Lord Lilford found 

 a pair of Kittiwakes with their newly-fledged young 

 on the Cod Rock, a little west of Berry Head ; our 

 only wonder is that the bird does not breed on the 

 rocks there in abundance. Possibly the Herring 

 Gull holds the locality too strongly for successful 

 invasion by the weaker species. Black-headed 

 Gulls, too, are our regular winter guests along 

 the southern coasts, being particularly numerous 

 at times along the entire range of Tor Bay. 

 There is no breeding place of this beautiful little 

 Gull in Devonshire, the nearest stations being in 

 the adjoining county of Dorset. This bird may 

 be seen in Tor Bay all the year round; we have 



