THE ZOoLoGist—J ANUARY, 1876. 4767 
tern in Durham, and mentions its being the first of the species he had met 
with. There is no doubt that it is very scarce in the county, and I am 
sorry I have not sooner informed you that I obtained a young one at Tees- 
mouth in 1867; and in August, 1868, I saw three which had just been shot 
about four miles from the town of Darlington: they were also quite young. 
But it occasionally occurs in the adult state. Mr. Green, taxidermist, at 
Stockton, showed me two old ones; and another shot in June, 1850, at 
Bishop Auckland, is recorded in the ‘ Zoologist’ (Zool. 83036) by Mr. Duff. 
No mention is made of it either in Hogg’s ‘ Catalogue’ (Zool. 1187) or in a 
list of the “ Birds found in the Neighbourhood of Darlington,” contributed 
by the late Mr. William Backhouse to Longstaffe’s ‘ Darlington: its Annals 
and Characteristics ;’ but Mr. Backhouse appears to have procured two from 
Tees-mouth (Zool. 1262).—J. H. Gurney, jun. 
On Adams’ Diver (Colymbus Adamsi) in England.—Prof. Newton, in his 
article, reprinted in the ‘ Zoologist’ for September (S. 8. 4607), says that 
Adams’ diver has been met with in Europe. In the ‘ Proceedings of the 
Zoological Society’ for 1859 (p. 206) will be found remarks by Dr. Sclater 
on the exhibition of a specimen killed in England.—Zd. 
Abundance of Mackerel in Mount’s Bay.—I omitted to record at the 
time that in August and September last Mount’s Bay was full of mackerel 
and scad (horse mackerel), which continued on the shore for over a fortnight. 
At high-water time they could be baled up in buckets at our pier-head here. 
This sort of thing happens about once in every eight or ten years. This is 
the third time it has occurred within my recollection, which covers over 
twenty-seven years. The remarkable feature of the visitation this time was 
the occurrence with the mackerel of whitebait. I had very many specimens, 
and I tested them scientifically as well as gastronomically, and I have no 
doubt they were genuine whitebait, but I gathered from them nothing to 
help me to a conclusion one way or the other that they were the young:of 
herrings. About the same time a large quantity of whitebait were taken in 
St. Ives Bay.—Thomas Cornish ; Penzance, December 13, 1875. 
Red Band-fish at Plymouth.—A beautiful specimen of the red band-fish 
(Cepola rubescens) was caught in the harbour on the 16th of November last, 
and was kept alive for many hours——John Gatcombe ; December 14, 1875. 
Heavy Salmon.—The ‘ Field’ of November 6th records the weight of several 
salmon taken during the preceding week. In the Tweed Mr. Pryer killed 
"eleven fish, weighing together 200 lbs.—the heaviest weighed 26 lbs. and the 
others close on 20 lbs. each; the Duke of Roxburgh two, 30 lbs. and 20 lbs. 
respectively ; Mr. St. Paul two, of 25 lbs. and 22 Ibs. respectively ; Mr. Mal- 
colm one of 80 lbs.; Mr. Denison one of 24lbs. In the North of Scotland, 
Mr. John Milner took three fish, weighing 24 lbs., 23 lbs. and 21lbs.; Major 
