3908 The Zoologist — March, 1874. 



Roiighlegged Buzzard. — One day, towards the end of December, 

 — I forget the exact dale, — I watched a large flock of hawks, which 

 I conjectured to belong to this species. They were flying over 

 this town, at no great height, in a south-easterly direction (cf. ' The 

 Field,' January). 



In the Torquay Museum there is a very fair local collection of 

 birds, among which are the following specimens, which 1 think well 

 worth recording, the more so as their occurrence has, in most cases, 

 never yet been made known. 



Hohhy. — A very fine adult male, procured near this town in 1850. 

 This is, as far as I can ascertain, the only old male of this species 

 ever killed in the vicinity of Torquay. 



Rosecolonred Pastor. — A pair ; the female on Berry Head, June 

 12lh, 1851 (cf. Burt, ' Zoologist,' 1851, p. 3233), and the male, a 

 very fine bird, procured seven years later in the same place. 



Eider Duck. — Female, Tor Bay, winter of 1866. A very rare 

 visitant to our coast. 



Eared Grebe. — An old bird in full summer plumage ; shot off" 

 Paignton in May, 1853. 



Horned Grebe. — A specimen in nearly full summer dress. 

 A few young birds are yearly killed during the cold season, but 

 old birds in summer plumage are extremely rare. 



Great Northern Diver. — A good series, from winter to full 

 summer plumage. The pair in summer plumage are the finest I have 

 ever seen ; they were shot in the bay by Mr. Rodway in May, 1864. 

 Mr. Burt, curator to the Museum, informs me that these divers 

 usually leave the coast by the middle of April, or even earlier ; but 

 that in 1864 a number of these returned at the end of May, all in 

 full breeding dress, when the above-mentioned pair was killed. 



Little Auk. — One ])icked up dead in Torquay Harbour in 1856. 



Iceland Gull. — An immature bird, " shot in Tor Bay many years 

 ago." A very rare winter visitant. 



Glaucous Gull. — Several specimens: one adult, killed off Tor- 

 quay in the winter of 1854. Young birds are rare, but regular 

 winter visitants to this coast. 



Ivory Gull. — A young bird, Tor Bay, January 18th, 1853 (cf. 

 Burt, ' Zoologist,' 1853, p. 3807). 



Pomarine Skua. — A beautiful adult bird, caught by hook and 

 line in the bay many years ago. Young birds are procured every 

 winter. 



