The Zoologist— October, 1870. 2323 



Oornwall was captured oflF the pier at Penzance, in the month of 

 February, 1847, and the following note was taken at the time and 

 reported in the ' Zoologist : ' — Observed for some dajs previously 

 associated with sea niews and herring gulls ; alighted several times on 

 the New pier, Battery rocks, &c., apparently not shy ; note of the bird 

 described as being like the warbling whistle of oystercatchers, the 

 reverse of harsh and grating, — this peculiarity attracted the notice of 

 men and boys at the quay, who are used to the screaming and 

 clamorous cries of the common gulls. Length 17j inches. Plumage 

 studded with well-defined dusky-brown spots, some more obscure 

 than others. (Abridged from the 'Zoologist.' See vol. for 1847, 

 p. 1699). 



Common G?<//.^Generally distributed in larger or smaller numbers 

 along our coasts. 



Bonaparlian Gull. — (See Yarrell's 2nd ' Supplement,* p. 55). An 

 immature specimen killed in Falmouth Harbour, in June, 1865. 



Cuneatet ailed Gull. — (See Yarrell's 2nd ' Supplement,' p. 59). 



Lesser Blackbacked Gull. — Generally distributed, and seen asso- 

 ciated with the herring gulls in large numbers on our flat sands and 

 open estuaries. Hayle, Marazion sands, &c. 



Herring Gull. — The most common gull on our coast, and generally 

 distributed in estuaries, creeks, open sands, and precipitous cliffs. 

 There is no distinguishable difference between the egg of the herring 

 gull and that of the lesser blackbacked gull. 



Great Blackbacked Gull. — One or two may be seen, at all times 

 and seasons, in different localities along our coast, frequenting rugged 

 rocks and sometimes open beaches ; generally seen singly, or in pairs. 

 Hayle sands; Marazion sands ; Land's End; Scilly Isles. 



Glaucous Gull, — Occasionally observed, but by no means regularly 

 or frequently. This bird, together with the Iceland gull (its smaller 

 congener), may be known by the tips of the wings being white, which 

 in the other species, excepting the ivory gull, are black. 



Iceland Gull. — Rare : a specimen of the Iceland gull in the state of 

 plumage almost amounting to pure white, with occasional brocoli- 

 brown markings, was killed at Scilly : the inner or smaller webs of the 

 quill-feathers were light brown, but the general appearance of the bird 

 at a short distance was of an uniform dull white. 



Common Skua. — Rarely met with in the western counties : observed 

 at the Wolf Rock in considerable numbers in 1863. 



Pomarine Skua. — Occasionally, and at uncertain intervals, occurring 



