596 Tue Zoologist — February, 1867. 



Great Northern Diver. — Two or three immature birds have been 

 killed during the last few weeks at Salthouse and Burgh. 



Waxiviny. — Since the winter of 1849-50 we have had no such flight 

 of waxwings on this coast, or indeed in any part of England, as have 

 appeared from the 17th of November to the present time. It is im- 

 possible at present to do more than allude to their arrival, as every 

 day brings particulars of more seen or procured in all parts of the 

 county, but chiefly on the coast or its immediate vicinity. Some idea 

 of their numbers may be gathered from the fact that 1 know already of 

 more than ninety specimens killed, of which I have seen about sixty 

 myself; and from a careful examination of so large a series 1 hope to 

 be able to explode certain errors as to plumage, the number and posi- 

 tion of the wax tips on the wings, the difference, or rather want of 

 difference, in the sexes, &c, which have been repeated again and 

 again by British authors. 



Henry Stevenson. 



Norwich, December 18, 1SG& 



Ornithological Notes from West Sussex. 

 By W. Jeffbby, jun., Ksq. 



(Continued from S. S. 517). 



October — December, 1866. 



Gray Phalarope. — The month of September last was characterized 

 by an unusually large immigration of this interesting little 

 "lobefoot." On looting through Mr. Knox's Catalogue of Sussex 

 Birds, 1 find that we had a very similar visit from them in September, 

 1846 (just twenty years ago), as the following extract will show: — 

 "During September, 1846, after a severe gale from the south-west, 

 which lasted for some days, great numbers of gray phalaropes suddenly 

 appeared on various parts of the coast of Sussex ; many were shot, 

 others taken in a dying state, and some killed with stones as they were 

 swimming among the breakers near the shore. They appeared almost 

 simultaneously at Faghain, Worthing, Shoveham, Newhavcn, and 

 Hastings. 13y far the greater number of these phalaropes were birds 

 of the year." (' Ornithological Rambles,' &c, 3rd ed. page 241.) 



Blackheaded Gull. — October 9th. Shot a specimen of this gull, in 

 which the rich pinkish or purplish tint, at times observable in this and 



