2866 The Zoologist — December, 1871. 



Departure of Summer migrants from the Coast of Suffolk. — Having 



passed the last two months on the coast of Suffolk, I have noted the latest 

 dates at which I have observed the following summer migrants, viz. : — 

 Swift, September 3rd ; cuckoo, 16th ; turtle dove, 22nd ; . wheatear, 25th ; 

 grasshopper warbler, October 1st ; common redstart, 2nd ; house martin, 

 7th ; chimney swallow, 23rd. The two last on the list were observed near 

 Felixstow, the others near Aldeburgh. — J. H. Gurnexj ; October 30, 1871. 



PS. — On the 12tli of November I saw two swallows flying together at 

 Felixstow, about a part of the cliff where they had been observed for some 

 days previously. On the fcllowing day a single swallow was seen at another 

 spot on the coast, distant about a quarter of a mile from that first men- 

 tioned. On the 17th of November I saw a single swallow flying during a 

 snow storm at the same spot where I had seen two on the 12th. I have no 

 doubt it was one of the same pair, and probably the survivor : its flight did 

 not appear perceptibly enfeebled. All these swallows appeared, by the 

 shortness of their tails, to be this year's birds. 1 regret that, having left 

 Felixstow, I shall not have the opportunity of observing how long the last 

 of these belated swallows may remain on the Suffolk coast. — J. H. Gurney. 



Ornithological Notes from Guernsey. — Most of our summer visitants are 

 now gone, and our winter ones have not yet arrived, so that this month we 

 get little else but glimpses of those migi-atory birds which may happen to 

 pass over us on their way to their winter quarters, and the residents which 

 have been mentioned already in previous numbers of the ' Zoologist.' 

 September 19th. — Obsen'ed several flocks of ringed dotterel, at low tide, 

 busy on the sand and amongst the sea-weed. 23rd. — Mr. Couch, the taxi- 

 dermist, told me that he had a fine hoopoe sent him to-day ; but it was 

 taken away again before he had skinned it, and he believes it was thrown 

 away. A knot was shot. Saw a flock of purres. 29th. — A common tern 

 was shot. In addition to my list of birds for September, I must add a 

 young ruff. — C. B. Carey ; Candie, Ouemsey, October 14, 1871. 



Whitetailed Eagle in Alderney. — On the 3rd instant a whitetailed eagle 

 (Haliaetus albicilla) was shot at Aldeiuey. It was a young bird : the tail 

 was brown, freckled with white. It measured three feet one inch from 

 beak to tail, and six feet ten inches from tip to tip of wings : this is larger 

 than that mentioned in Yarrell. I saw the bird in the flesh at Mr. Couch's, 

 who has it to preserve. These birds might be called occasional visitors to 

 these islands, as more than one has been shot before. — Id.; Nov. 5, 1871. 



Harsh Harrier in Somersetshire. — The harriers, and indeed all the 

 hawks, except the kestrel and the sparrowhawk, are now becoming so 

 scarce, owing to the traps and guns of the gamekeeper, that the occurrence 

 of any one of them is worthy of record. The subject of the present notice, 

 however, did not fall a victim to the gamekeeper, but (as I am informed) to 

 the shot of a small boy who was allowed to unload his father's gun. It was 



