ORNITHOLOGICAL NOTES FROM DEVON AND CORNWALL. 45 
yards of it, and then had some difficulty in frightening it away, 
which I did on account of there being some birdcatchers in the 
immediate vicinity. Further along the coast, towards the Mew- 
stone, I observed a large Northern Diver, many Cormorants, and 
some Wigeon. 
The Black Redstart, as usual, made its appearance on the 
_ Devonshire coast during the first week in November. On the 6th 
of that month I observed an immature bird on the rock at Stone- 
house: on the 8th a fine old male on the rocks near the Plymouth 
Citadel, and on the 24th another young bird, near the Devil’s 
Point, Stonehouse. On the 4th of November I observed about 
thirty Herons on the mud-banks of the river Tamar, near War- 
leigh, where there is a heronry. On the same day I examined six 
Short-eared Owls, which had been brought to the birdstuffer for 
preservation: they were very plentiful last season. Kingfishers 
were also numerous on the coast, and many were killed, I am sorry 
to say. The Common Gull (Z. canus), J think, was rather more 
abundant than it has been for the last few years. Three Water 
Ouzels were killed on Dartmoor on the 4th: I examined their 
stomachs, and found that they contained nothing but insects. A 
Gray Shrike was seen on the moor between Lydford and Bride- 
stowe on the 15th. 
On the 22nd November, whilst walking along the coast beyond 
Bovisand, I observed a fine pair of Ravens and a Gannet, and 
surprised a Crow in a nook amongst the rocks, feeding on a dead 
Herring Gull. On the same day, at Burrow Island, some miles 
further to the east, large flocks of Sanderlings were seen, and many 
specimens killed, some of which I examined, and found them to 
have assumed their full winter dress. A young Common Tern was 
also obtained: this is very late in the season for this species to be 
found on our coast. 
Some adult Great Blackbacked Gulls made their appearance in 
our harbour on the 25th November, no doubt in consequence of 
the prevailing severe gales: they do not usually arrive until after 
Christmas, unless the weather be very stormy. I examined a fine 
old male which had been shot, and found that the white of the 
head and neck was nearly as pure as in the breeding season, with 
only a few very faint dusky lines appearing. 
Two Gannets were seen off Bovisand Bay on the 20th, and one 
was shot; the tail of this bird was so much worn that it had the 
