3316 THE ZooLoGist—NovEMBER, 1872. 
Heronry in Cornwall.—In the list of heronries given in the ‘ Zoologist’ 
for October, Cornwall makes a poor figure. I have known Trenant’s Wood 
for upwards of fifty years, and long before the Peels came into the neigh- 
bourhood the portion of the wood where the herons breed was known as 
“the heronry,” now more than twenty years since. In the present Mr. Peel’s 
erandfather’s time I remember eight nests there, in old oak trees, but, 
unfortunately, during the breeding season, the trees were thinned out, and 
since that time two or three nests have been the outside of the number in 
one year, but I believe a year never passes without one’ or more pairs 
breeding there.—Stephen Clogg ; East Looe, Cornwall. 
Little Bittern in Nottinghamshire.—A fine specimen of the little bittern 
was shot the first week in August on the canal-side at Draycott, by a game- 
keeper of Mr. Towls. The bird is a female, and in good plumage: it was 
beautifully killed for preserving, only one shot going through its neck. 
This is the second specimen of this rare British bird killed in this county 
up to the present time.—J. Whitaker, jun. 
Spotted Redshank near Arundel.—I have just seen a specimen, in winter 
plumage, of this bird, which was shot last November at Leominster, near 
Arundel: it has been set up by Mr. Swaysland, of Brighton, and is in the 
possession of a young friend.— Samuel Stevens; 28, King Street, Covent 
Garden, October 17, 1872. 
Landrail taking to Water. —I was out shooting on the 19th of the 
present month, when my setter made a point by the side of a small stream, 
and on going forward I saw a landrail crouching just under his nose. 
When the bird saw me it ran into the stream and swam across to the other 
side, poking out its head and flirting its tail like a moorhen, and then, rising 
on wing, was bagged. It is new to me to see a landrail taking to water in 
this manner, and may also be strange to many of your readers. Large flocks 
of fieldfares and golden plover are now on the moors near this.—Murray A. 
Mathew ; Gidleigh Park, Chagford, Devon, October 21, 1872. 
Sabine’s Gull at Bridlington.—On the 10th of August, as I am informed 
by Mr. Jones, a Sabine’s gull, ‘in full summer plumage,” appeared in 
Bridlington Bay, in company with a flock of sea swallows, and was shot.— 
J. H. Gurney, jun. ; Northrepps. 
Blackheaded Gulls in Oxfordshire—On the 9th of September I noticed 
a small flock of six to eight blackheaded gulls, mostly immature birds, 
flying over the Thames, near Ark Island, fifteen miles above Oxford. The 
birds were travelling towards the west.—A. H. Smee ; September 13, 1872. 
