The Zoologist— July, 1873. 3601 



\Y^^T^ ^'""'"'''"^ '' ^^'^ff-~T^^o seen fishing in Southampton 



Carrion Crow.-l was much amused in watching the proceedings 

 of a crow on Southampton Water, beating for food with some gulls • 

 he flew backwards and forwards, hovering at times like a tern, and 

 thrusting his feet on the water picked up at the same time with his 

 bill some small fragments of floating matter. 



^ Gulls.~A\] gulls seen along the east and south coast were either 

 m the second or third summer's plumage or in transition. On 

 Southampton Water I first saw some mature herring gulls. 



Great Cotes, Ulceby, Lincolnshire, "^^^^ CoRDEAUX. 



May 20, 1873. 



Ornithological Notes. By H. Durnford, Esq. 



An Oological Expedition to Holyhead Island.~On the 16th of 

 May last, with my brother, I paid a visit to Holyhead, to see what 

 we could get in the way of eggs. Starting early on Friday morning 

 having arrived at Holyhead the night before, we walked to th°e 

 South Stack, a small round rocky island, about an hour's walk from 

 Holyhead, observing on our way many flycatchers, wheatears, 

 stonechats and a few cuckoos. Herring gulls were numerous 

 feeding in the fields amongst the rooks and following the plough- 

 a habit which was new to me. ^ & 



Guillemot and Razorbill.-On gaining the edge of the main- 

 land opposite the island we found a long narrow suspension bridge 

 across the strip of water, closed by a gate at the Holyhead end- 

 here we had to ring a bell to inform the keeper of our approach" 

 Whilst waiting we had time to contemplate the hundreds of guille- 

 mots which sat in long rows, like sentinels, on the narrow ledges 

 of the rocks behind us, frequently darting like arrows into the sea 

 beneath : a few razorbills were amongst them. Neither of these 

 Z^^ ^/dj^^^^^^'^^^ to lay, which they do regularly about the 

 24lh of May, arriving at their breeding-stations some ten days 

 previous : however, we obtained about a dozen eggs, taken last 

 spring. ' '' 



Herring GulL-On being admitted to the lighthouse we were 

 disappointed to find that the herring gulls, about thirty pairs of 

 which nested on the grassy slopes near its base, were closely 



