2098 Thk Zoologist— April, 1870. 



March, when we hope to leave for the interior; there will be then, we 

 hear, eight or nine months' fine weather, and vvith health and strength 

 we look forward to a grand harvest during those months. The 

 "jiggers" are very troublesome to us, laming one for a week together 

 sometimes ; I send you one taken from ray foot a few days ago. 1 

 hope some of the spiders I have sent home will prove new to you ; I 

 only wish you could drop in upon us for a few months and collect 

 them for yourself; you would find plenty to do ! 



Ever truly yours, 



H. Rogers. 

 Rev. O. P.-Carabridge. 



Ornithological Noles from South Devon. — Puffin. An adull bird was picked up 

 dead on the beach near ibis town on the 9th of February, and was brought to me. 

 These birds are very unusual visitors to Torbay. 



Black Redstart. A very fine adult male shot near Poignton in the beginning uf 

 February. 



Little Gull. I had the pleasure of examining at Mr. Shopland's, the Toiqnay 

 natuPitlist, a beautiful adult specimen of ibis rare gull (at least it is considered in tliis 

 neighbourhood as such), in full winter plumage. It Lad been shot in Torbay on the 

 >2lh of February. 



Rednecked Grebe. A pair, in immature plumage, were killed in the Bay on the 

 1.5th and another on the 19th of February. 



Shieldrake. An adult female shot oflF Brixbam on the 15th of February. These 

 ducks are not uncommon about the mouth of the river Exe. 



Goldeneye. On the 16th of February a very fine old male, in full winter plumage, 

 was brought lo me. It had been shot the previous day on the river Teign. 



Great Crested Grebe. These birds are unusually plentiful this spring in Torbay. 

 A very fine adull specimen killed on ihe 18lh ; another on the 19lb and a third on the 

 22nd of February. On ihe 5lh of March another beautiful old bird was shot in the 

 same locality, and was, like the above-named birds, brought to Mr. Shopland for pre- 

 servation, where I had the pleasure of seeing them in the flesh. 



Brent Goose. An adult bird was shot oui of a flock of five in Poignton Marsh, on 

 the loth of February, and was brought lo me. Three more of these geese were killed 

 in the Bay a few days later: they were all adull birds. These are ibe first Brent 

 geese that have made their appearance in this neighbourhood since many years. 



Redbreasted Merganser. A fine female shot in the Bay on the 22nd of February. 



Sclavonian Grebe. A young bird killed in ihe Bay on the 8ih of March. 



Redlhroated Diver. A very fine specimen, with a bright red patch on the throat 



and very few white feathers about the head or neck, was shot in ihe Bay in the 



beginning of this month, and brought to me. Considerable numbers of these birds in 



the immature plumage have been seen and killed in the Buy.—A.de Iliigel ; Florian, 



Torquay, March 19, 1870. 



