1984 The Zoologist— January, 1870. 



Dunlin. Large flocks of these birds were observed on Goodrington Sands, 

 Paignton, on the 2nd of November. 



Albino Robin. A birdfancier in the village of Upton has a stuffed specimen of a 

 robin entirely white, with the exception of the ends of the shafts of the primaries and 

 tail-feathers, which are of a very light smoky gray. It was shot towards the end of 

 last summer. 



Ringed Guillemot. An adult bird was shot in Torbay on the 15lh of October. — 

 A. de H'ligel. 



Rare or New British Birds. — I think the following list of birds, all taken (except 

 the serin finch), near Brighton, between September of the present year and the 6th of 

 December, are worth recording in the ' Zoologist.' I have seen every one of the birds 

 except the shore lark. 



Richard's Pipit {Anllius Richardi). The first specimen was taken in the first week 

 of September, the last on the 6lh of December. In all I have seen eleven specimens; 

 six of them I saw alive: some of them are doing well in confinement. 



Tawny Pipit {Anlhus rufescens). I saw a fine specimen of this bird that was shot 

 on the 6th of September; another was killed at the same time, but was too much 

 injured for preservation. 



Shore Lark {Aluuda alpestrii). One was captured on the 16th of November, and 

 is still alive. 



Snow Bunting {Emberizu glacia(is). Many specimens have been luki-n : they have 

 been rather plentiful this season. 



Scarlet Bullfinch {Pyrrhula erythrina). This bird was taken the last week in 

 September : it is still alive and in good health at Mr. Swaysland's, the well-known 

 naturalist, of Brighton. 



Citril Finch {Fringilla citrinella). A fine male was captured on the 20th of 

 November. This is, 1 believe, only the second specimen that bus been taken iu this 

 country: the first one is in the rich collection of Mr. Monk, of Lewes. 



Serin Finch (Fringilla serinus). I saw a fine specimen that was taken in April of 

 this year. There has been so many specimens of this species taken in this country 

 that I think it niay now be consider a British bird. 



I saw also two other birds, one I believe to be a ynung snow finch (Fringilla 

 nivalis) and the other a young male of the rustic bunting {Emberiza rustica). I saw 

 both of these birds very sliortly after their capture, and am quite sure of their being 

 truly wild birds. I hope to send you shortly more particnl.irs of these two birds. — 

 Frederick Bond; 203, Adelaide Road, South Hampstead, N.W., December 15, 1869. 



Angler in Torbny. — An angler (Lophius piscatorius), weighing about eighteen 

 pounds, and measuring three feet two inches in length and one foot three inches in 

 breadth (not including pectoral fins), was netted in Torbay on the 20lh of November: 

 the mouth of the fish was ten and a half inches broad, and the length of the slender 

 filament (commonly called "fishing rod") was nine inches. These fishes seem to be 

 rare in llie bay, or they must keep in very deep water, as the sailor who brought this 

 angler to me assured me that this was the very first of its kind he had known to be 

 caught in the bay. — A. de H'ugel. 



