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habit of visiting a certain garden or lawn at Ivybridge every 
morning at a particular hour, when it is regularly fed from the 
house; after which it invariably takes its departure, and is not 
seen again until the next day; but in the breeding season it 
sometimes remains away for weeks together, and has once or twice 
returned with a companion or mate. I have had an invitation to 
call in order to see this bird: I hope to learn more of its history. 
In August numbers of young Herons were to be seen on the 
mud-banks of our rivers and estuaries, and a few at the trout 
streams. Young Gulls, too, were very numerous in our harbours; 
but I am sorry to add scores were wantonly shot. Many Gannets, 
also, were to be seen off the Cornish coast, some in adult plumage, 
others with the head, neck and lower parts white, but the wings 
very dark. There was lately an account given in one of the local 
papers of a Gannet having been choked in its attempt to swallow a 
garfish. Ravens are still rather plentiful on some parts of the 
coast; and a short time since three fine young birds, apparently as 
large as their parents, were killed at one shot when flying off the 
cliffs, and sent to Plymouth to be preserved. A pair of Peregrines 
nested in the same locality, but were killed by a farmer; and their 
young, which were taken, are now in captivity. 
In ‘The Zoologist’ for August last (p. 348), there were notes on 
the occurrence of the White Spoonbill in Suffolk, and near Ely. I 
may here mention that on May 31st I examined two Spoonbills, 
which had been sent to a local bird-stuffer from Cornwall, where 
they had been shot a few days before. Their plumage was white, 
with the exception of the tips of the primaries and some of their 
shafts being either dusky or brown; none black, and there was no 
appearance of either crest or buff feathers on the breast. 
I have just seen two Snow Buntings, which were brought home 
by a sailor from the late Arctic Expedition, and kept alive until 
within the last week, when they both died in moult. 
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Notes From ALDEBURGH, SuFrFoLK.—This has been a good autumn for 
waders, for there has been no lack of water in the meres. On the 14th 
August I had a Greenshank and a Wood Sandpiper brought to me. I have 
noticed several of the latter about and heard their well-known note, and 
