30 The Zoologist — January, 1866. 



Bailey. It had been shot off that coast on the 13th of September, 

 and was in the uniform dark plumage of immaturity. It was a male, 

 and has been added to my collection. 



Sandwich Tern. — No less than three of these birds, one mature and 

 two birds of the year, had been reported to me up to the 21st of 

 September, as having been shof off Bridlington Quay, by Mr. T. 

 Jones, of that town. 



Shag. — An immature female of this species was sent me, in the 

 flesh, on the 23rd of September, by Mr. Bailey. It had been shot on 

 the same day at Flamborough Head. This is the only specimen I 

 have seen of the shag occurring on our portion of the Yorkshire coast; 

 the cormorant is, on the other hand, frequently met with. 



Little Gull. — Mr. Bailey sent me, a very fine specimen, in the flesh, 

 of this gull that had been shot off Flamborough, on the 16ih of 

 August. It proved to be a female in the plumage of the second 

 year. 



Roiiylilegged Buzzard. — I received a beautiful specimen of this fine 

 buzzard the other day, which had been shot by John Clubley, keeper, 

 at Spurn, on the 24th of October. Dissection proved it to be a young 

 male. 



W. W. BOULTON. 

 Beverley, November 7, 1865. 



Osprey at Rostherne Mere. — Ahout the end of April, a larpe liird was seen hovering 

 over Rosllienie Mere, a sbeel of water a mile in lenglh, and about two miles distant in 

 a direct line from here, by the tisherman who was engaged in capturing pike. The 

 peculiar habits of the bird, as well as its size, attracted the man's attention, and he 

 found in it not only a rival but a very skilful piscator, who each mornin}.'-, after per- 

 forming many (jyratiuns, suddenly plunged into tbe water and rose with a fish in his 

 talon;:, and flew with it to a solitary tree on the maigiii of the mere to break his fast. 

 This was related to a keeper, who laid in ambush for it the next mornin<>;, and shot it 

 in the act of making its repast off a bream aei<;hing two pounds. This rare, and 

 I believe unique, visitor in this locality, was brought to me a few hours afterwards, 

 and proved to be an adult osprey, in very fine and perfect plumage, and it now adorns 

 my collection. Expanse of win;is from tip to tip 5 feet 6 iuches. — Hugh Harrison; 

 Buwdon, Cheshire, December 11, 1865. 



Jerfaicon at Crosby Ravensivorlh. — In February a fine specimen of the jerfalcon 

 was shut, in the act of devouring a grouse, at Crosby Ravensworth, near Appleby, 

 Westmoreland. I made application for it, and found it had already been placed ia 

 the collection of Sir George Musgrave, of Eden Hall. — Id. 



Jerfatcons near Biddulph. — In ray absence on a trip to Appleby, in the middle of 

 Octo'ber, my friend Mr. R. S. Edleston, bis wife and son, saw two large while hawks 



