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may state that the same thing has occurred here. I found at least nine or 
ten of these birds on the 12th instant, within a very short distance; they 
were remarkably thin, and in various stages of decomposition. Among 
them was a single specimen of the common guillemot.—Leiston, Suffolk. 
From the ‘ Field’ of February 24. 
Mortality amongst Razorbills.—A similar circumstance as reported from 
Eastbourne has been occurring here at Aldeburgh for some weeks past— 
namely, an extraordinary advent of, and mortality amongst, razorbills, 
numbers of which have been washed ashore. From whence all these indi- 
viduals have strayed I know not, but imagine that, as starvation appears to 
be in each and every case the actual cause of death, they had been in close 
attendance upon some shoals of small fish—probably sprats—which had 
suddenly taken to deeper water through the generally rough condition of the 
sea. Certain it is, that all the birds I have examined are more or less 
mature, with good and sound plumage. In my walk this morning my dog 
brought me no less than eleven specimens, and I hear of very many more 
having been found —N. Fenwick Hele; Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—Id. 
Mortality amongst Razorbills.—It may interest some of your readers to 
hear that numbers of razorbills have been washed ashore at Milford, near 
Lymington. I must have seen during a walk at least from thirty to thirty- 
five of these birds. I saw only one guillemot, or willock, amongst them, 
but discovered one of those rare birds, the little uuk. I did not observe a 
single puffin. This shore is exactly opposite the west end of the Isle of 
Wight, a well-known breeding-place for these birds. Of course the continual 
rough weather caused their death, but what surprised me most was seeing 
so many razorbil!s and only one willock, the latter being much more nume- 
rous on this coast. I may remark that a little auk was shot here four 
winters since on a pond of about thirty acres, which is only separated from 
the sea by the beach. It is much frequented by phalaropes during the end 
of October and November. I once noticed as many as fourteen at one time 
on it.—Id. 
Mortality amongst Razorbills—Whilst walking along the shore between 
St. Leonard's and Pevensey on the 10th instant, I noticed the dead bodies 
of twenty-three razorbills and one redthroated diver (all immature) lying on 
the beach. I caught one of the former alive, but it died before I got home. 
What can be the cause of this great mortality amongst them? The stomachs 
of four I opened were perfectly empty, and their bodies very lean. There 
had been no storm at St. Leonard’s during the week to account for their 
being unable to obtain food.—H. R. Leach.—Id. 
Mortality amongst Razorbills——Numbers of razorbills have been washed 
ashore during the past month at Bournemouth.—R. F’. C_—‘ Field,’ March 2. 
Mortality amongst Razorbills.—I shall be glad to see some explanation 
in the ‘Field’ as to the probable cause of the recent murrain among the 
