THE ZooLocist—FEBRuUARY, 1876. 4783 
neighbouring islands: they may possibly occur in Jersey, but 
I have had no shooting experience in that island. 
CECIL SMITH. 
Bishop’s Lydeard, near Taunton, 
January, 1876. 
Ornithological Notes from Devonshire and Cornwall. 
By J. Garcomsg, Esq. 
(Continued from Zool. S. S. 7919.) 
NoveEmMBER, 1875. 
3rd. There was an immature black redstart, apparently just 
arrived, flitting about this morning among the cabbages in a small 
garden inside a fort at the Devil’s Point, Stonehouse. Weather 
mild and the wind south, but it had been blowing and raining hard 
during the previous night. This species often frequents gardens in 
the vicinity of the coast. 
llth. A fine northern diver was killed to-day off Millbay, 
which was still in nearly full summer plumage, a few gray 
and white feathers only appearing about the head and throat, the 
back, shoulders and wings being beautifully spotted with white. 
I have known one in this state of plumage as late as the middle of 
December. Purple sandpipers seem to have arrived in numbers 
during the past month: I saw some feeding on the rocks at the 
Point this morning, and many have been shot. Another black 
redstart has also made its appearance. 
15th. This morning I saw three more black redstarts on the 
coast in the neighbourhood of Plymouth. 
16th. There was a large northern diver, in the immature or winter 
plumage, off the Devil’s Point, and on the 17th another was killed 
in the Sound, and one seen in Stonehouse Pool. On the 20th I saw 
one shot, which IJ afterwards examined, and found the stomach to 
contain a crab, some whitish worms, and a few small stones. Divers 
seem to feed largely on crabs, as I have often found their stomachs 
full of them. 
22nd. Observed two black redstarts hopping about on the 
rocks under the Plymouth Citadel; wind N.E., and very cold. 
Mr. Luckraft, birdstuffer, has lately had a very nice variety of the 
male blackbird sent in, the whole head of which was pure white, 
with the exception of a small black bar or patch on the back of the 
