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become exceedingly rare in this district, the above-mentioned flock, composed 
of some dozen birds, being the first I have heard of for some years.—T. iH: 
Nerson (North Bondgate, Bishop Auckland). 
Autumn Micratron or Birps on THE East Coast.—On October 10th 
I saw two'Ring Ouzels, presumed to have just arrived; these birds are very 
scarce in this neighbourhood. On the 11th, thousands of Rooks, Crows, 
Thrushes, and Larks were seen at daybreak coming over the sea; they 
continued to arrive all day, and at night Thrushes might still be heard 
migrating. Saw the first Hooded Crow to-day. A Mountain Finch was 
shot on the Dovercourt beach. A fine Norfolk Plover, sent me on the 11th, 
was shot the previous day at Bradfield, near Harwich, in a turnip-field. 
On the 20th several Woodcocks were seen migrating ; one flew into the yard 
of ‘The Cups Hotel’ at Harwich; another flew against a window and was 
caught by a dog. On the 29th several Storm Petrels were seen in the har- 
bour; one was picked up dead, probably exhausted by the fury of the storm. 
On November 4th the first flock of Snow Buntings were seen on the Dover- 
court beach, and two in good plumage were shot. A Purple Sandpiper was 
also shot.—F. Kerry (Harwich). 
Guossy Isis 1n ABERDEENSHIRE.—A Glossy Ibis, Jbis falcinellus, was 
shot on the mud-flats near the mouth of the river Ythan, in this county, on 
October 4th. The bird was a male, and in fine condition ; its stomach was 
filled with a fibrous vegetable matter, along with sixty-six specimens of the 
rat-tailed maggot (larva of the dron fly, Hristalis tenax); two small pups, 
different, and unknown to me; four species of beetles, two of one sort and 
one each of the others, one of them being aquatic; four specimens of Cyclas 
flavescens ; fragments of Limneus pereger; and eight small specimens of 
Mytilus pusillus, as also five angular pieces of stone about the size of small 
peas. Extent of wings, 392 inches; from point of beak to end of tail, 24 
inches; tarsus, 4} inches; middle toe, including nail, 3} inches; beak, 
along ridge, 54 inches; beak, eyes and toes, greenish grey; sides of head 
bare, and of the same colour as the beak; these bare parts, at their 
juncture with the feathers, both above and below the eyes, were edged with 
a narrow line of greenish white; iris brown; weight, 14 pounds. The sixth 
known to have occurred in Scotland.—G. Sn (King Street, Aberdeen). 
Roseatr Tern on tHE Norrotk Coast.—A beautiful specimen of 
the Roseate Tern, Sterna Dougallii, Montagu, was shot near Hunstanton, 
Norfolk, on July 12th, and the skin is now in my collection. The person 
to whom it was sent for preservation neglected to ascertain or note the sex 
of this specimen, but I believe it to be a male, and certainly not a bird of 
this year. The attention of the shooter was attracted by the call of this 
Tern, which differed greatly from those of the Common and Little Terns, 
Sterna fluviatilis and S minuta, both of which species were very abundant 
at the date above-mentioned, in the same locality.—Litrorp. 
