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winter plumage, was shot at Eastbourne, Sussex, by a fisher- 

 man named Ware, December 6th, 1850. And the third was 

 shot off Brighton in February, 1877. 



SABINE'S GULL. 



An immature specimen, picked up in a dying state at 

 Hove, Sussex, September, 1871. 



" Birds of Sussex," p. 261. 



GKEAT SKUA. 



Caught alive on a hook by some fishermen off Brighton, 

 November 10th, 1846. It was so tame as nearly to allow 

 itself to be taken by the hand. 



" Birds of Sussex," p. 275. 



BUFFON'S SKUA. 



A mature bird in fine plumage, shot while swimming 

 about alone on a flooded meadow in the Adur level near 

 Henfield, October, 1862. 



" Birds of Sussex," p. 280. 



Another, also from the Borrer collection, is a young 

 bird taken with a floating bait off the Chain Pier, Brighton, 

 November, 1844. 



SOOTY SHEARWATER 



A male, shot off Hastings, 3rd September, 1890. 

 Another picked up dead after a gale at the end of June or 

 beginning of July, 1850, under the cliff at Seaford, Sussex, 

 by Tom Mills and brought to Mr. Dennis of Bishopstone. 



" Birds of Sussex," p. 282. 



WILSON'S PETREL. 



Obtained in 1866 by a man named Whiteley, of Eye r 

 Sussex, and purchased by the late Mr. Borrer from Bristow, 

 a birdstuffer at St. Leonard's, in 1891. 



