NOTES. 231 



Crumbles, Eastbourne, on that day and the following. I got 

 quite close to them, near enough to see the bronze gleam on 

 their backs. The white rump when they flew was far less 

 conspicuous than it is in the Green Sandpiper. 



E. C. Arnold. 



BLACK TERNS IN NORTH WALES. 

 As the records of the Black Tern (Hydrochelidon nigra) in 

 North Wales seem to be few, it may be worth noting that on 

 June 1st, 1909, when passing the South Stack, Holy Isle, I saw 

 a bird of this species amongst a flock of either Common or 

 Arctic Terns. C. B. Ticehurst. 



Mr. H. E. Forrest mentions (supra, p. 168) that the Black 

 Tern (Hydrochelidon nigra) was seen in Anglesey in May this 

 year. On September 8th I saw a Black Tern off the point 

 at Bull Bay, North Anglesey. I believe the bird has been 

 seen many times in the spring and autumn on the Anglesey 

 lakes, but I have never seen one off the coast before. After 

 losing sight of this bird I watched carefully for others, but 

 failed to see any. I was quite close to the Tern when it 

 passed, and had a good pair of glasses with me. 



C. KlNGSLEY SlDDALL. 



PUFFINS IN SURREY. • 



A Puffin (Fratercula arctica) settled in our garden on the 

 south side of Banstead Parish, Surrey, on November 1st, 1909, 

 and as it was unable to rise, I caught it without difficulty. It 

 is now in the Diving Birds' House at the Zoological Gardens. 



Clemence M. Acland. 



[In the "Field" (November 6th, 1909, p. 842) Mr. W. F. 

 Noakes reports that his dog retrieved from a field on October 

 29th, near Croydon, a Puffin, which had evidently been just 

 recently shot, and which died in Mr. Noakes' hand. Puffins 

 have been rarely recorded from Surrey, and it is strange that 

 two should be found so near together and within a few days of 

 each other.— Eds.] 



MANX SHEARWATER IN BERKSHIRE. 



A young female Manx Shearwater (Pufjinus anglorum) in 

 good condition, was shot near Sindlesham on September 8th, 

 1909. Heatley Noble. 



Scottish Ornithology for 1908. — Mr. John Paterson 

 gives in the "Annals of Scot. Nat. Hist." (pp. 193-214) his 



