9102 Birds. 
“Crumbles” is the arctic tern, and not the common. © I have col- 
lected a great many of the eggs, and find, by comparison with those 
in the British Museum, that the “arctic tern” is here the “ common 
tern.’ Captain Knox, in his ‘Ornithological Rambles in Sussex,’ 
says:— The arctic tern is decidedly more numerous on Pevensey 
Shingle, during May and June, than the common tern. In fact this 
bird is here (Eastbourne) the ‘ common tern,’ and would appear to be 
more generally distributed throughout the British Islands than any of 
its congeners.” Such also is my opinion. 
Lesser Tern. Not infrequent in Pevensey Bay during the summer 
and autumn. I do not think it breeds on the “ Crumbles.” 
Little Gull. A perfect beauty was shot here on the 6th of Decem- 
ber, 1860. It was purchased by Mr. Pratt, of Brighton. 
Ross’s Roseate Gull. One was shot by Mr. Albert Vidler, of 
Pevensey, in 1852. It was purchased by Mr. J. B. Ellman, of Lewes. 
I believe only two specimens have occurred in England. 
Kittiwake. Exceedingly common in the winter. During the sprat 
season you may shoot any quantity. I shot, last December, twenty 
in an hour from one of the sprat-boats. 
Common Gull (“ Winter Gull.”) Large flocks are constantly to be 
seen, during the winter months, on our downs and fallows, searching 
for worms, &c. I have seen hundreds this winter. I do not say they 
are all common gulls. 
Lesser Blackbacked Gull. A few breed at Beachy Head and New- 
haven. I have frequently seen them when off shooting at sea. 
Herring Gull. Numbers breed between Beachy Head and “ Bell 
Tout” Lighthouse. 
Great Blackbacked Gull. Provincial “ Parson Gull.” I have seen 
upwards of a hundred at one time on the sands off Beachy Head 
during the winter months. Common here. 
Pomarine Skua. Perhaps more common than supposed to be, from 
its resemblance to a young herring gull. Two in my collection. One 
shot by me in October, 1862, off Beachy Head. 
Richardson’s Skua. One in my collection, a splendid adult, shot 
on the 6th of June, 1860, at Langney Fort, by a man named Ward. 
Manx Shearwater. One was shot about two years since off Beachy 
Head, which came into my possession. 
Forktailed Petrel. One in Mr. Vidler’s collection at Pevensey. 
Storm Petrel. Not very uncommon. John Ward shot three spe- 
cimens “ off at sea” on the 18th of June, 1860, which I saw and 
