The Zoologist — March, 1871. 2521 



Raptorial Birds in Norfolk. — On the 9th of November, 1870, 1 received 

 a female specimen of the hen harrier from the neighbourhood of Hickling 

 Broad; and on the 27th of January last an adult male, in splendid 

 plumage, from the same locality. I also received from this neighbourhood 

 an adult male merlin that was shot on the 23rd of November last. The 

 adult male of this latter species is rarely obtained in this county. — T. E. 

 Gunn ; 5, TJpjier St. Giles, Nonvich. 



Aqaatic Warbler at Dorer. — On the 2ud instant I detected an aquatic 

 warbler {Calamodijta aquatica, Latham), among the British birds of the 

 late Dr. Plomley, at the Dover Museum, which Mr. C. Gordon, the 

 Curator, informed me had been shot by him (Mr. Gordon) in the vicinity. 

 The date is lost, but I have no suspicion of a mistake. Its specific identity 

 is confirmed by Mr. Gould, for whose inspection Mr. Gordon kindly per- 

 mitted the bird to be brought up to Loudon. — J. H. Gurney, jun. ; 2, Beta 

 Place, Alpha Eoad, N.W., February 4, 1871. 



Beaotifiil Variety of the Ring Dore. — On the 3rd of January Mr. Blake 

 Humphrey shot at Wroeham an entirely pure white variety of the ring 

 dove, which he brought to me for preservation : he also informed me that 

 he saw another bird, also an albino, with it at the time, but did not succeed 

 in bagging it. The specimen on dissection proved to be a female. — T. E. 

 Gunn. 



ftnail near Norwich. — On the 27th of January a male quail was sent me 

 that had been shot at East Harliug. — Id. 



^aails in Lundy Island. — I see that you are anxious to collect as much 

 information as possible concerning the past autumnal immigration of these 

 birds. T therefore write to give you some particulars, which were com- 

 municated to me by Mr. Heaven, the proprietor of Lundy Island. This 

 island is annually a resort for quail during the periods of migration, but 

 never have they been so numerous there as during the past summer and 

 autumn. Mr. Heaven himself knew of thirteen or fourteen nests, and 

 others doubtless escaped his notice. When shooting in September and 

 October he repeatedly flushed and killed quails, sometimes as many as 

 three brace and a half in one day. In the neighbourhood of Taunton 

 quails were unusually numerous last summer, and several nests were 

 found. — J. Edmund Hurting; 24, Lincoln s Inn Fields, London, W.C, 

 Januaiy 10, 1871. 



(luails in Devon and Cornwall. — Quails appear to have been unusually 

 plentiful in Devon and Cornwall during the past season, as I heard many 

 instances of their capture. ^\lien with some friends partridge-shooting in 

 September last, near Lipton, Devon, I saw one raised, but it was not shot 

 at, the keeper and others of the party mistaking it for a lark. — J. Gatcombe ; 

 8, Lower Durnford Street, StoneJiouse, Plymouth, February 17, 1870. 



(taails and Siskins in Wales. — Having read of your proposed census of 



