54 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
the time the mudbanks of our estuaries and rivers were covered at 
high-water, but directly the tide began to fall off they all flew in 
separate flocks to their various feeding-grounds. During very rough 
weather, when the sea washes over the Breakwater, thousands of 
these birds settle on themncovered rocks close by the shore or upon 
the grassy slopes of the adjoining cliffs, a few Sanderlings and other 
waders often accompanying them. 
On the 1st November two Dartford Warblers were seen at Mount 
Botten, and one of them was captured by a birdcatcher; specimens 
may be found in the furze-brakes of that locality almost every year. 
Black Redstarts made their appearance on the 8rd, when I noticed 
two immature birds at the Devil’s Point, Stonehouse, and a Common 
Redshank near the same place. 
On Saturday, November 10th, a fine adult Norfolk Plover was 
killed in a turnip-field at Cheviock, near St. Germains. The man 
who shot this bird remarked that it ran very fast. The upper part 
of the tarsus in this specimen was not at all thick, as in young birds 
of the year, and upon examination I found its stomach to contain the 
remains of a dung-beetle and a solitary grain of barley. I remember 
only three instances of the Norfolk Plover having been obtained in 
the neighbourhood of Plymouth, and all late in the autumn. One 
was confined in a garden for some time, but eventually made its 
escape. 
A beautiful Grey Phalarope, in full winter plumage, was killed in 
Plymouth Sound on November 13th, the first I had heard of during 
the autumn, notwithstanding the late severe gales.) A Common 
Sandpiper was also shot on the same day—rather late in the season 
for both these birds. Kingfishers did not leave the open sea coast 
during the whole of the rough weather, but merely sought the quiet 
pools among the rocks in which to fish, and when moving from 
place to place were to be seen shooting over the waves like veritable 
sea-birds. Many Oystercatchers were seen on the Breakwater, and 
I observed large flocks of Lapwings overland. 
During November the stormy weather brought several species of | 
wild fowl on the coast. In the first place, many White-fronted 
Geese were killed on the Cornish moors, and on the 26th there were 
five Sheldrakes, some Shovellers, besides Teal and Wigeon in our 
markets—all obtained, I was told, from the neighbouring rivers and 
estuaries. Most of these birds were the young of the year, but one 
Sheldrake was adult, and one of the Shovellers a young male in 
