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became so rancid that we were ultimately obliged to throw them away. — John 

 Galcombe. 



Bridled Guillemot and Little Auk — The bridled guillemot and little auk have 

 been lately killed in the vicinity of Plymoutli. — fd. 



Puffins in Mackerel AV',;. — I have just received a specimen of the puffin captured 

 at sea in a maclierel drift-net. This mode of capture of sea-birds is not uncommon. 

 1 have myself frequently taken cormorants and other divers in trammels (which are 

 fixed botiom-fishing-nets), and I have once or twice mentioned it either in your pages 

 or elsewhere, but the fact is one of the common ones not generally known, and I there- 

 fore record it. — Thomas Cornish; Penzance, April 12, 1870. 



Hoopoe in Kent. — A hoopoe was shot on the 2 1st inst., at Lees Court, near Faver- 

 shani; it was in fine plumage, but rather a small specimen. — John Hunter; Ealing, 

 April 23, 1870. 



Little Gulls, ^c, near Great Yarmouth. — During the month of February, Mr. 

 Carter has had the following rare specimens in for preservation, vi:., redbreasted 

 merganser, shot on Breydon on the 12lh ; blackthroated diver, female, shot on Brey- 

 don on the 13ih ; smew, shot on Breydon on the lyih, and four little gulls. I may 

 also mention that Mr. Watson has had broufjht him about twenty of the little gulls, 

 some very old birds amongst theui, all shot in this immediate locality. — John G. 

 Overend; Great Yarmouth, March 2, 1870.— ' Field,' March 15, 1870. 



Little Gull, |-e., near Marlboronyh. — A specimen of the little gull was picked up 

 on Rockley Downs, near this place, on the 14lh of February ; one of the scaup duck 

 was shot at Mildenhall, on the 15th, and a pintail also at Mildenhall, on the 26th. — 

 T. A. Preston ; Marlborough, April 1, 1870. 



Blackheaded Gulls in Penzance. — Fire or six blackheaded gulls, in full summer 

 plumage, have been disporting themselves off our pier-head here to-day. They seemed 

 perfectly aware that they were quite safe. They had probably been looking up the 

 Act of Parliament and consulting an almanac before they came in. — Thomas 

 Cornish. 



Arrival of Summer Birds in the Neighbourhood of Plymouth. — Wheatear, 

 March 5lh; garganey, March 25th; chiffubaff, April 4th; swallow, April llih; 

 willow wren, April 12th. — John Galcombe. 



Notes from East Yorkshire. — January 15, 1870. An adult male peregrine falcon 

 shot at Flamborough. 



Februaiy 1. Saw a fine male smew : it rose from one of the drains on our 

 common. 



2. An adult female goosander shot on the river. 



11. A male chaffinch shot near Cherry Burton, almost white. 



12. Whilst up the river looking for wild-fowl I saw three goosanders flying about, 

 evidently intent on pitching near a bend in the river: this I saw by their " stooping" 

 in their flight, and always near the same place; at last they pitched, and I crept 

 cautiously to them, and with such good result as to kill the male and a splendid female 

 by a right and left shot: both adult birds, the salmon-colour on the breast of the 

 female being richer than T ever saw, surpassing even that on the male. About a 

 dozen immature goosanders of both sexes have been shot on the river this month. An 

 adult male and female goldeneye shot on the river. 



16. Rednecked grebe, female. 



