THE ZooLocist—JULY, 1876. 4991 
the previous night in this neighbourhood. On the 30th of Decem- 
ber I had a duck sent me as this species, but it proved to be a 
much larger bird, and only a variety of the common wild duck. I 
need not state that the gadwall is very rare in this neighbourhood ; 
I had never seen it before. Wigeon and teal were as usual common; 
and I heard of pintail, tufted, and shoveller duck being killed, but 
I saw neither. 
Black Tern.—Two of these were killed, one on the 25th of 
October, the other on the 29th of November; both were in the 
white plumage. 
G. B. CorBin. 
Ringwood, Hants. 
Ornithological Notes from Devon and Cornwall. 
By J. GatcomBE, Esq. 
(Continued from Zool. 8. 8. 4824.) 
APRIL AND May, 1876. 
Ring Ouzel.—April 2. Several ring ouzels heard and seen on 
Dartmoor. 
Chiffchaff.—April 5. Chiffchaffs were very plentiful in the 
Land’s End district. 
Curlew.—April 7. Curlews numerous on the boggy moors by 
the side of the River Fowey, Cornwall. 
Buzzard and Peregrine Falcon.—April 8. Examined a very 
fine buzzard, the leg of which had been dreadfully smashed by a 
“oin;” also a beautiful adult peregrine falcon which had been 
trapped in the same manner, and its leg was only hanging by a 
sinew: this poor bird, I was told, had been in the trap for many 
hours, and must have suffered dreadfully. It is a great shame that 
keepers should be allowed to use such cruel traps, which they do 
not visit sometimes for days together. Whilst on the subject of 
“gins,” I may mention that during last winter I found a blackbird 
in my garden, which had fallen off its perch in a shrub, literally 
starved to death, in consequence of having the whole of its bill 
wrenched off close to the base by one of those traps which are 
constantly used by boys for catching small birds. There was no 
doubt of its being starved, for it was so emaciated that the breast- 
bone protruded nearly through the skin. The fine peregrine falcon 
