5178 Tuer ZooLocist—DecemBer, 1876. 
Whitetailed Eagle in Suffolk.—A sea eagle paid a flying visit to Lord 
Guilford’s covers here, during the latter part of August, but was fortunate 
enough to escape the keepers.—<Arthur J. Clark-Kennedy ; Little Glemham, 
Suffolk. 
Supposed Occurrence of the Lesser Kestrel near the Land’s End.—My 
attention was called yesterday by Mr. Marks, naturalist, of this place, to a 
very small kestrel he had received from the western district of this county, 
and which I had an opportunity of examining in the flesh and weighing. The 
weight was exactly four ounces; J see that of the male kestrel is said to be 
seyen or seven and a half ounces. The bill is very short, thick and more mas- 
sive than the common kestrel ; blue at the base. Length from carpal joint to 
the end of the first quill-feather, nine inches ; total length of the bird lying 
on its back, barely twelve inches. Head smaller and less bluff, in proportion, 
than the common kestrel. Legs bright yellow. Claws black: in Gould’s 
‘Birds of Europe,’ the claws are said to be white. The wings scarcely 
reach to the end of the tail by three-fourths of an inch. I may add that 
the rufous colour on the upper breast is more defined than in the common 
kestrel ; the under parts are plain buff ash-colour, with few markings. The 
plumage of the female kestrel, which it exactly resembles, applies to this 
specimen. I have sent the above particulars off-hand; I know nothing 
personally of the lesser kestrel, never having handled a skin or examined 
one, so that I must leave the matter for the present in the hands of those 
who may be able to suggest further particulars—Hdward Hearle Rodd ; 
Penzance, November 15, 1876. 
The Lesser Gray Shrike (Lanius minor) in Devonshire.—In my notes for 
September (written in Somersetshire) I mentioned having received informa- 
tion from Mr. Peacock, a bird-preserver, that a great gray shrike (Lanius 
excubitor) had been captured by a bird-catcher in the neighbourhood of 
Plymouth. On my return home I went to see the bird, and found to my 
surprise that it was not the great, but the lesser gray shrike (L. minor), and 
a bird of the year. As this is the first time that the bird has been known 
to occur in Devonshire, I feel great pleasure in being the first to announce 
the fact. It was caught on the 23rd of September last, and brought, alive, 
the same day to Mr. Peacock, who supposed it to be nothing more than the 
young of the great gray shrike until I pointed out the difference to him. 
Fortunately he had preserved the skin, the description of which is as 
follows :—Whole length nearly nine inches; from the carpal joint to the 
longest quill-feather, four inches and five-eighths; third quill the longest, 
and the fourth nearly equal to the second. Bill resembling that of the 
woodchat shrike, shorter and rather more arched, or gradually sloped, from 
the brow to the tip than that of L. excubitor. Plumage above ash-gray, 
each feather having a faint dusky bar, but light at the tip; rump similarly 
barred, but of a lighter gray. A dusky or nearly black band from the eye 
