THE ZooLoGIstT— FEBRUARY, 1876, 4781 
Though this was a late date for the nightjar, this bird had 
lived well, for its stomach was completely crammed with black 
beetles — not our common domestic nuisance, but small flying 
black beetles. 
Gray Plover.—One freshly-killed gray plover was hanging up 
in the market, but I did not get a shot at one, or even see one 
alive. 
Gray Phalarope.— Several gray phalaropes were killed. All 
' except one, the skin of which I kept, were in the ordinary autumn 
plumage, but this one, I suppose, had assumed perfect winter 
plumage, as the entire back was a regular gray, without one single 
dark or margined feather left. 
Rednecked Grebe.—Several rednecked grebes were shot, and 
two or three were brought to Mr. Couch. The rednecked seemed 
to be the common grebe here this autumn. 
Sclavonian Grebe.—Only one Sclavonian grebe was killed, as 
far as I could find out, and I saw another fishing as close to the 
wall of the north arm of the harbour as it cleverly could get, as the 
wall afforded some protection from the gale that was then blowing. 
Shag.—The rough weather drove a good many shags inside the 
harbour, where they remained diving and fishing all day. 
Arctic Tern.—A young arctic tern was killed somewhere near 
the harbour just about the time I got there. I kept the skin, as it 
is not very common in Guernsey. 
Fulmar Petrel.—On Sunday, the 14th, during a tremendous gale, 
I picked up a fulmar petrel dead on the shore near Cobo. This 
seems to be almost a new bird in Guernsey, as it is not mentioned 
in Professor Ansted’s list, nor is there a specimen in the Museum ; 
but I do not think much of this, as neither are very reliable. Since 
he has been in the island Mr. Couch has never had one through his 
hands, still the bird must have occurred occasionally under similar 
circumstances. 
The Birds in the Museum.—Since I wrote some notes from 
Guernsey in the ‘ Zoologist’ for 1872, I am glad to say the Museum 
has been a little attended to by one of your correspondents from that 
island. The local birds have been got together; those that can be 
proved to have been killed in or near the island are distinguished 
by a different coloured label. This, I am informed, has been 
rather a troublesome work, as the trustees and persons officially 
connected with the Museum seem to have shown the usual amount 
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