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those of the ordinary type with which I compared it ; the 

 general colouring also tallies with that of previous examples. 

 The bird was shot at Rug, Conven, Merionethshire, and 

 \\'as sent to Messrs. Peter Spicer & Sons of Leamington, 

 M'ho have kindly furnished me with particulars. 



F. H. L. Whish. 



WOODCOCK EATING CORN. 



Colonel J. A. Meredith informs me that when shooting 

 a small cover near Llanfechain, Montgomeryshire, on 

 January 28th, 1914, one of the guns kUled a Woodcock 

 {Scolopax rusticola). It happened that at luncheon-time 

 this bird was compared A\'ith another, and on being closely 

 examined it was noticed that some grains of corn had 

 apparently come out of a wound in the throat. On cutting 

 open the neck the gullet was found to contain 50-60 grains 

 of wheat. Two or tlu-ee days before, this wood had been 

 weW fed with wheat, M'hich explains Adhere the bird got the 

 corn ; but that a Woodcock should eat grain, seems to me 

 most remarkable. J. H. Owen. 



[In the Neuer Naumann, IX., p. 214, it is stated that 

 Forstrat Thirriot fornid grains of maize in the stomaclis of 

 two birds shot in Istria. — F.C.R.J.] 



ICELAND GULL OFF THE CORNISH COAST. 



It may be of interest, as a late occurrence, to mention that 

 on April 16th, 1914, Avhen about three miles out of Penzance, 

 an Iceland Gull {Larus leucopterus), in the all-white stage of 

 plumage, followed our boat out west for over half an hour. 



H. W. Robinson. 



REMARKABLE COINCIDENCE IN MARKING 

 RAZORBILLS. 



On ]May 22nd, 1911, I marked two adult Razorbills {Alca 

 torda) on the Island of Rosevere, one of the Scilly Islands, 

 tliese being the only two I could capture in Scilly, one of the 

 rings bearing the number 31310. On May 19th, 1914, I 

 again visited the same island for the second time, and although 

 assisted by two boatmen, could only capture one adult 

 Razorbill, owing to the depth of the rock-holes. This was 

 imdei" tlie same rock as the one I marked there three years 

 ago, and not only this, but the bird was also the identical 

 specimen, for it bore upon its leg the ring-number 31310. 

 The central " 3 " was worn away and the ring A\as almost 

 oft', as the bird had got the overlap undone and it came off 



