The Zoologist— July, 1871. 2663 



Swan Pool, Malvern, by Mr. Thomas M'Cann, in September, 1859; 

 and Mr. Edwards mentions one shot at a later date on the Severn, 

 near the Rhyd. Another was killed on the North Hill by a man 

 with a stick, a few years since, and the specimen is preserved in 

 the Worcester Museum. 



Shag. — An occasional wanderer up the country. 



Great Northern Diver. — Many specimens of this fine bird have 

 been killed on the Severn waters in the vicinity of Worcester and 

 Tewkesbury of late years. I have a note of one shot in February, 

 1868, and another that met the same fate in the winter of 

 1869-70. 



Blackthroated Diver. — A rare vrinter visitor, but it is consolatory 

 that, with other victims of the gun, it meets the eye of the orni- 

 thologist in the Worcester Museum, 



Redthronted Diver. — This bird, in its matured slate, and its 

 young (called the "speckled diver"), are recorded to have been 

 shot a few years since at the Lower Lode, near Tewkesbury, and 

 were preserved by the late Mr. T. Robinson. 



Great Blackhacked Gull. — Makes an occasional foray up the 

 rivers Severn, Avon and Teme, and generally falls a victim to the 

 gun, as numerous collections prove. 



Lesser Blackhacked Gull. — Following in the wake of the pre- 

 ceding, and a similar sufferer. 



Herring Gull. — The Rev. W. Thorn noticed the herring gull on 

 the wing near the Link in the early part of 1855. 



Little Gull. — This pretty little gull must be looked upon as a 

 very rare straggling visitor. One was killed some years since near 

 Upton-on-Severn, and is preserved in the collection of my esteemed 

 friend the Rev. W. Thorn, at his residence, Ivy Gate, Worcester. 



Common Gull. — Wandering inland at stormy times. 



Killiwake. — During vernal floods 1 have noticed large flocks of 

 the kiltiwake foraging on the inundated meadows about Powick, 

 where, fortunately for them, they are not easily to be got at. 



[I think there must be some mistake here : it is quite possible that a few 

 of these birds should have been observed in the meadows about Powick, but 

 "large flocks" visiting that locality seems very improbable. — E. Newman.] 



Straggling Birds of very Rare Occurrence, 

 Bohemian Chatterer or Waxwing. — At intervals specimens of 

 the pretty waxwing have been observed in the district. 



