The Zoologist — July, 1871. 2679 



Ornithological Notes from South Deron.— April 7tli, 1871. Chiffchaff 

 observed at Marl don ; sand martin seen at the Torquay Eeservoir. 

 8tli. Freshly-Iaid eggs of the carrion crow, wood pigeon, longtailed tit and 

 wood lark brought to Mr. Shopland, Torquay. 11th. Chimney swallow 

 observed near Marldon ; cuckoo seen near Torquay. 16th. Blackcap heard 

 near Torquay. 17th. House martin seen near Marldon. 23rd. Tree pipit 

 observed near Torquay. Sith. Redstart seen near Marldon. 25th. A gray 

 wagtail caught by a boy on its nest, which contained five eggs, had only 

 partially assumed the black throat : it was a female bird, and I believe the 

 throat in the female never becomes so black as in the male. 



May 2nd. Whinchat observed near Marldon. 3rd. Swifts observed at 

 Marldon. 4:th. Turtle dove and yellow wagtail seen near Slapton Ley. 

 6th. A female hen harrier trapped at Haccombe, an unusually pale specimen. 

 6th. T saw this day several reed warblers at Slapton Ley, where I heard 

 them frequently throughout the remainder of the month. 7th. Observed the 

 first male linnet with the red on the breast fully developed. 8th. Observed 

 a flock of five whimbrel on Slapton beach, and subsequently observed three 

 others on Eingmore beach as late as the 17th. 13th. Observed four 

 dunlins in full breeding dress and very tame, feeding together on the 

 borders of the river Avon, at Aveton Giffiird. During the week ending the 

 13th a male rosecoloured pastor, in full plumage, was observed, " pecking 

 about like a starling," in the neighbourhood of Prawle Point : the bird was 

 not shot, but was satisfactorily described, by the person who saw it, to my 

 informant, Mr. Nicolls, taxidermist, at Kingsbridge. 18th. A curlew, 

 caught by a dog on Dartmoor, was brought to Mr. Shopland, of Torquay, 

 who could discover no signs of its having been wounded when he skinned 

 it, and who therefore suggests that it may possibly have been caught on its 

 nest : the sex of the specimen was not observed. 



June 4th. I observed a solitary sanderling, in breeding dress and very 

 tame, feeding along the margin of Slapton Ley. 10th. I observed near 

 Kingsbridge the only specimen I have seen this year of the spotted fly- 

 catcher, which appears to be singularly scarce in these parts this spring. — 

 J. H. Ourmy; Marldon, Totiiei, June 14, 1871. 



Notes from Scllly. — Golden Oriole.— Some of the orioles remained till 

 the last week in May at the island of Tresco, when they disappeared 

 without nesting. This has been their practice year after year. 



Hooded Crow. — A pair of these birds have been frequenting the sides of 

 the pond at Tresco. 



Turtle Dove. — No less than thirty-four turtle doves were counted in a 

 flock on the islands. — Edward Hearle Rodd. 



Arrival of migrants. — I send you a list of arrivals of summer migrants 

 at Wallington Bridge :— Blackcap, March 30th ; chiffchafr, April 5th ; 

 swallow, 6th ; sand martin, 8th ; nightingale, 12th ; sedge warbler, 15th ; 



