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Roseate Tern (Sterna Dougallii). — Mr. Eylon has a bird in his col- 

 lection killed at Longden Mill, the only one I believe ever met with 

 in the county. 



Common Tern (S. Hirundo) ; Arctic Tern (S. arctica) ; Lesser Tern 

 (S. minuta); Black Tern (S. fissipes). — Specimens of all these birds 

 have been obtained in the county, of which I believe the black terns 

 rather preponderate. They may all be considered as very rare and 

 uncertain visitants. 



Little Gull (Larus minutus). — One specimen, in winter plumage, 

 killed at Coalbrookdale, in the collection of Mrs. Alfred Darby, of 

 Stanley Hall. 



Blackheaded Gull (L. ridibundus). — Occasionally brought in by 

 stress of weather. The last specimen I have seen was a bird in imma- 

 ture dress, killed at Stoke Castle near Craven Arms Station. 



Kittiwake Gull (L. tridactylus). — Stragglers are often met with after 

 heavy gales ; they are generally picked up in a thoroughly exhausted 

 state, and seldom survive, though I have used every means in my power 

 to bring them round. 



Common Gull (L. canus). — Not so common as the preceding bird, 

 but occasionally met with. 



Lesser Blackhackecl Gull (L. fuscus); Herring Gull (L. argentatus); 

 Great Blackbacked Gull (L. marinus). — Specimens of all these sorts 

 have been obtained, more frequently in the immature than in the adult 

 plumage, and all probably from the same cause, — the severe storms on 

 the Welsh Coast. 



Glaucous Gull (L. glaucus). — One of these fine gulls was ob- 

 tained at Pradoe, in the act of devouring a dead sheep. Another 

 specimen was killed at Condover Hall. 



Pomarine Skua (Lestris ponmrinus]. — A very fine specimen of an 

 adult bird, killed at Marten Pool, near Baschurch, is in Lord Hill's 

 collection. The plumage is uniformly dark (almost black), and the 

 two middle tail feathers considerably elongated. I believe another 

 example was picked up dead in Shrewsbury, from having flown against 

 the spire of St. Alkmond's Church. 



Bicliardson^s Skua (L. Richardsonii). — I have obtained several spe- 

 cimens in immature plumage, but in the adult stage they are rare. 



Mav.v Shearwater (Puffinus anglorum). — This neat and interesting 

 little bird has been met with on the Severn, near Shrewsbury ; also 

 picked up in an exhausted stale at Weston, the seat of the Earl of 

 Bradford. 



