376 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
date I examined a Green Sandpiper, shot by Mr. Dayrell Stephens 
near Wadebridge, Cornwall, and some Stock Doves, killed at 
Pamphlete, near Plymouth. I mention the latter as they are so 
rarely met with in our neighbourhood. ‘Two or three Dippers 
were also obtained; one of them a slight variety, the white on the 
breast continuing in a narrow line towards the vent. About 
the 20th two Hawfinches were killed near Saltash, Cornwall, their 
stomachs containing fragments of the kernels of some stone-fruit. 
Fieldfares were also to be found in our markets, but the scarcity 
of Missel Thrushes for the past few years in this neighbourhood 
has been remarkable. Indeed, I have hardly seen one since we 
experienced two unusually severe winters following each other; 
but they are now, I am glad to say, increasing. ‘The usual 
number of Black Redstarts made their appearance, and during 
the late severe weather between thirty and forty Kingfishers, with 
several Herons, were received by one Stonehouse birdstuffer alone. 
A Kingfisher was also brought to him which had been taken on 
board ship, an account of which I afterwards received from a 
friend, who was a passenger :—“‘ The Kingfisher was first seen on 
board ‘ The Sheila’ off the Western Isles, about a week before 
arriving in port, but it only lived a few days in England. It 
must have fed on very little whilst on board, as it was only seen 
in the vicinity of the engine-room, where it was caught.” Another 
Kingfisher was captured near Plymouth with bird-lime. 
On February 2nd a fine male Scaup and a Shoveller were 
obtained, and up to this date, after some severe gales, Kitti- 
wakes were plentiful in the Sound. On the 5th I examined a 
Common Guillemot, which had thus early assumed its full 
breeding plumage. 
On March lst Larus ridibundus, with full black head, and 
Lesser Black-backed and Herring Gulls in _ breeding-dress, 
appeared. ‘The stomach of a Green Woodpecker I examined 
was crammed with the white larve of a wood-boring beetle about 
an inch in length. On the 13th I observed the first Wheatear, 
and, at the same time, the last Black Redstart for the season, at 
the Devil’s Point, Stonehouse. A male Peregrine Falcon was 
killed two days since at Sheviock, near St. Germans, Cornwall ; 
its plumage was immature, but there were a few new barred 
slate-coloured feathers appearing on the back; its stomach con- 
tained the feathers and legs of a Blackbird and Green Linnet. 
