The Zoologist— March, 1873. 3455 



In September 1871, Mr. Gurney, ju„., a.ul myself had a chase after one 

 vvbch was m the same predicament : the quills were just begiuuing to show 



iTtTn ^^^--f.™-^^--^ ^'^'^ i" the 'Zoolo°gisf for 1871 

 (b. S. 2840 . This moulting of the quiU-feathers is not peculiar to the 

 guille-Bot alone, for I have found common scoters off Dawhsh, in October 

 and November, quite unable to fly: this was the more extraordinary as it 

 was the,r first appearance on the coast for that year, and they must have 

 n^ade the whole or part of their migratory journey by swimming, as they 



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Icelaiul Gull at Mount's Bay.-Our smaller white-winged gull may be 



regarded as a rare visitor generally on our coasts in Cornwall but duiin. 



he last month a considerable number have come to us. I have not seen 



hem myself, but Mr. Vingoe is my informant, whose son has noted th"; 



to W . ^°'''/'?°" '^''' -^1- f™™ P—e. All the birds appeared 



^i«r8S:""'^""^^°"' '-''''''' i-aturity.-^.W H^loM; 



leach's Petrel and Black Teru near Newbury.-On the 27th December 



L 2 ' TT" '''''' P''"^ '^''' ^^^ '^'' ^y ^ g^-tleman in the 



tern m my c lection, which was killed by a friend of mine in this neigh- 

 bourhood.- irtZKam H. Herbert; Neivhury ^ 



Ray's Wagtail in Hertfordshire in the Winter.-As an instance of the 

 m Idness of he season, I may mention that I yesterday noticed a pair of 

 Ray s wagtails iMotacilla Bayi) feeding at the edge of a water-cress bed 



ZZnTr ^t/"^' Rick-answorth.-a5,,.... Wkarton; 

 Hushey, Herts, January 16, 1873, 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society. 



Jar^uary 6, 1873.-Prof. Westwood, M.A., F.L.S., President, in the chair. 



Donations to the Library. 

 The following donations were announced, and thanks voted to the 

 donors :-Stal, 'Monographic des Chrysomelides de I'Amerique,' 3 pts • 

 Homoptera no^;a vel minus cognita'; 'Bidrag till Reduviidernas Kanne- 

 clom ,_ BidragtillHemipternnasSystematik'; 'Synopsis Saldarum Sueci>^'- 

 _ Hemiptera Fabnciana,' 2 pts. ; ' Bidrag till Membracidernas Kanuedom ' •' 

 Hemiptera insularum Phihppinarum ' ; 'Bidrag till Philippinska oarnes 

 Hemipter-fauna'; ' Enumeratio Hemipterorum,' i. & ii. f ' Orthontera 

 queedum afncana.'-Wallengren, ' Heterocer-fjarilar, samlade i Kafferland t 



