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name, on the 25tli of October, ] 869. He was walking along, 

 and seeing this strange bird, got some help and canght it. 

 It is presumed that it came with the rongh weather in the 

 middle of September, but there was no particular wind at 

 the time it was taken. It was in a very poor condition and 

 had probably been " living on nothing " for some time. 



This specimen has been secured for the College 

 Museum. A second specimen was afterwards picked up^ 

 dead. 



Larus canus. 



Cowmon Gull. 



ThouGfh we are at some little distance from the sea it is 

 by no means uncommon to see large flocks of Gulls flying 

 overhead during high winds. I have given some little 

 attention to these flocks, and, as mentioned elsewhere, find 

 the Common Gull, true to its name here at least, to be far 

 the most frequent species. 



Towards the end of February-, 1868, I was shewn five 

 specimens of this bird, shot at intervals of two or three 

 hours, and from the same flock apparently, in a line fi'om 

 west to east as far as Marlborough, and then turning 

 southward. The following is the list of places at which 

 these specimens were shot : — East Kennet, Clatford, 

 Manton, Marlborough, and Tottenham House. 



Again on the 19th of April, in the same year, a large 

 flock passed over us in very much the same direction. 



