2322 The Zoologist— October, 1870. 



Whiskered Tern. — An immature specimen obtained in the month of 

 September, 1851, at Scilly : a rare and newly-discovered British bird; 

 first included in the catalogue of British birds in 1836 ; little is known 

 of its habits: observed in France, Hungary and Germany. 



Gullbllled Tern. — A few examples only have been captured in 

 England : there is one in a private collection at Penzance, presented 

 by the Rer. Mr. Rice, of South Hill, together with a portion of the 

 egg, which dropped when he shot the bird, near Brighton. In the 

 latter part of May or beginning of June, 1852, an adult specimen was 

 shot at Scilly by the Rev. John Jenkinson, which was submitted to 

 my inspection : this species may therefore be added to the Cornish 

 Fauna. 



Lesser Tern. — Several examples of this small tern have been 

 obtained close by the town of Penzance : not observed in summer at 

 Scilly. 



Black Tern. — Generally observed in the autumnal months, and 

 nearly every year, in larger or smaller numbers, on the sea-side and 

 inland. In its full black plumage it is rarely met with in Cornwall. 



Sabine's Gull. — Rare : occasionally obtained in winter in its imma- 

 ture plumage. This bird has been mistaken for the little gull, but in 

 its young state it may be known by the absence of black in the wiug, 

 by the greater length and slenderness of the beak, and by the tail 

 being deeply forked ; Mr. Selby, however, has erroneously described 

 the tail of the little gull as forked. Both this species and the little 

 gull assume black on the head and neck in the spring months. 



Little Gull. — Rarely met with, but specimens in adult and immature 

 plumage have been obtained at Penzance and the Land's End, the 

 latter in the month of December, 1844. The young bird has a broad 

 black bar on the wing somewhat resembling the immature kittiwake ; 

 bill stronger and more arcuated than the last-named species: tail with 

 a black tip, and square. (See Sabine's gull.) 



[One of the striking features of last winter's Ornithology was the 

 extraordinary abundance of the little gull on our coasts. — E. N.] 



Blackheaded Gull. — Not uncommon on the sands at Hayle, in 

 winter, and occasionally remaining on till the summer plumage is 

 assumed : specimens in both states of plumage obtained. 



Kittiwake. — Common on our coasts generally ; the birds of the year 

 have two black bars on the wing, which is not the case with the other 

 common gulls. The kittiwake breeds in large numbers at Scilly, 



Ivory Gull. — Very rare : the only recorded example of this bird in 



