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EED-NECKED GREBE. 



A very large adult, in winter plumage, obtained off 

 Shoreham, Sussex, by Mr. Booth, after the gales of January, 

 1881. 



See "Kough Notes," Vol. Ill, Plate 22. 



Another specimen, in immature plumage, was shot off 

 the Chain Pier, Brighton, October 3rd, 1877, by Mr. Harman, 

 who has presented it to the Collection. 



BRIDLED GUILLEMOT. 



A specimen in winter plumage, shot off Kottingdean, 

 December 17th, 1878. 



See " Kough Notes," Vol. III., Plate 24. 



POMERINE SKUA. 



Specimens in the first autumn plumage and inter- 

 mediate stages are those figured in " Kough Notes," Vol. III., 

 Plates 43 and 44. 



PUFFIN. 



A young specimen. Probably that referred to by Mr. 

 Booth in his " Kough Notes " as caught off Brighton, 

 July 1st, 1874. 



See " Rough Notes," Vol. III., Plate 25. 



Also two mature specimens in their winter plumage, 

 which were washed ashore at Brighton, March 18th, 1897. 

 Observe that they have shed part of their spring-grown 

 beak. Obtained by purchase. 



GOLDEN EYE. 



A specimen obtained at Shoreham, Sussex, on January 

 12th, 1883, by the late Mr. Booth. It is in an unusual state 

 of plumage. It was believed by Mr. Booth at the time to 

 have been a specimen of the Icelandic form, but a comparison 

 with skins obtained in Iceland in the summer of 1895 shews 

 that in our specimen the beak is not thick enough at the 

 nostril to belong to that form. It is apparently a very old 



