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about 1910, and is now on loan to the Royal Albert Memoiial 

 Museum, Exeter. It is apparently only the second record 

 for Devon. The Gadwall is a casual winter visitor, of rare 

 occurrence, to the south coast of Devon and only one or two 

 have occurred on the Exe estuary. No record was kept of 

 the date on which it was shot, and the taxidermist who stuffed 

 it unfortunately keeps no register. T. P. Backhouse. 



MOVEMENTS OF DIVERS ON THE MERIONETH 

 COAST. 



The following notes seem to suggest a regular migration of 

 Divers [Colymbi) along the Merioneth coast in early autumn. 

 Of course it is possible that some of the records may refer 

 to the same birds. 



1916. Sept. 28 Two Divers, swimming S. One an adult 

 Black-throated (C. arcticus), the other 

 young. Wind E. 

 Oct. I Two Divers, one of them an adult Red- 

 throated (C. stellatus), swimming S. 

 1920. Sept. 21 Adult Red-throated Diver, swimming S. 

 Wind E. 

 Sept. 23 Four Divers ; two disappeared and the 

 other two, which were Red-throated Divers 

 and probably a pair, swam out to sea. 

 Wind S.E. 

 Sept. 25 Two Divers, heading S. Wind W. 

 Sept. 28 One Diver, swimming S. Wind W, then E. 

 All the Divers were close in, though usually out of shot of 

 the shore. The adult Red-throated seen on September 21st 

 when swimming steadily down the coast kept 100-150 yards 

 out, and proceeded as most of them did, entirely by swim- 

 ming under water, remaining still while on the surface. It 

 stayed under for twenty to thirty seconds at each dive, and 

 rested for about half that time between dives. I walked 

 abreast of it for three-quarters of a mile and found that its pace 

 while swimming was about three and a half miles an hour. 



Marjory Garnett. 



LATE NESTING OF WOOD-PIGEON. 



Mr. R. J. N. Neville informs me that he found a Wood- 

 Pigeon (C. p. palwnbus) sitting on two young as late as 

 October 24th, 1920. The nest was in his garden near Barton 

 in Norfolk. Clifford Borrer. 



[There are several records of eggs or young of this species 

 in October. The latest of which I have a note is that by 



