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peewits, in some cases exposed for sale with their eggs. With the peewits’ 
on one stall I saw some rooks’ eggs. I made inquiries after Manx shear- 
waters, but I could not get any, and was informed that none had been sent 
in this spring. ‘The only sea-fowl I saw were three old cormorants, two in 
Smithfield and one in Leadenhall. Woodcock, snipe, curlews, oystercatchers, 
redshanks, &c., could have been obtained in any numbers. In one shop 
I saw two Royston crows, which I suppose had been sent up from the coast. 
I did not see a single specimen of the knot, sanderling, curlew sandpiper, 
gray plover or bartailed godwit.—T. G. Tuck ; April 6, 1872. 
Ducks in Nottingham Market.—In looking over some wild ducks on one 
of the fish-stalls in Nottingham Market, the other day, I saw one of those 
rare birds, the ferruginous or white-eyed pochard, amongst the following :— 
goldeneye, pochard, wigeon, teal, wild duck, shoveller and tufted duck. On 
asking the man where they had come from, he informed me Leadenhall 
Market. The bird was too far gone to be preserved. It is a pity such a 
rare duck should have been lost—J. Whitaker, jun. 
Birds observed in Liverpool Market during March—On the 2nd of 
March I purchased a swan in our market, which, if Yarrell is correct, seems 
to be a specimen of the Polish or changeless swan: its chief characteristic 
is the colour of its legs and feet, which are a light slate-gray; the knob on 
the base of the upper mandible is small, considering the bird is an old male: 
nevertheless, I much doubt whether it is not only a variety of our mute swan : 
the salesman informed me it came from Ireland. March 14.—Golden 
plovers are now assuming their summer dress, but gray plovers show scarcely 
any sign of the coming change. March 19.—Brent and bean geese are in 
the market in some numbers to-day, also a fine pair of goldeneyes.—Henry 
Durnford ; 1, Stanley Road, Waterloo, Liverpool, April 7, 1872. 
Erratum.—In my note of last month (Zool. S. S. 8018), in the seventh 
line from the top, for or bartailed godwit, read a bartailed godwit.—H. D. 
Are Guernsey Birds British ?!—This seems to me to be rather a puzzling 
question, because in some respects the birds differ from the British ; I mean 
not individually, but that birds are found here which are rare in Britain, 
and common birds in Britain are not always found here. This is rather 
important, because if it is decided that Guernsey birds are not British, those 
shot here cannot appear in British collections. It all depends whether the 
Channel Islands are within the imaginary boundary beyond which all birds 
that are shot are not considered British; then this imaginary line cannot 
extend equally round Britain, for Calais is nearer England than we are 
here, and so French birds would be British. I shall be glad of a solution 
to my difficulty.—C. B. Carey. 
[I shall be glad to receive opinions from more competent ornithologists 
before I give my own.—Edward Newman. ] 
