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narrow bands. The stomach, strange to say, contained nothing 

 but a quantity of white feathers (apparently its own) in a similar 

 state to those which are often found compressed in the stomach 

 of a Grebe. I expect there must have been a regular migration 

 of these birds, for the person who killed it was told that many 

 large hawks had been daily seen in the same neighbourhood. 

 Several Common Buzzards were also obtained, and the stomach 

 of one I examined contained nothing but the remains of Coleoptera. 

 A Pomatorhine Skua (in change) was also killed, having two odd- 

 coloured legs, one being wholly black, the other partly light blue 

 and partly black, similar to that of the so-called Black-toed Gull. 

 It is somewhat remarkable that the stomach of this bird, like 

 that of the Honey Buzzard just mentioned, contained nothing 

 but feathers : I think it probable, however, that these feathers 

 might have been accidentally swallowed by the bird when 

 constantly picking itself during the moult. An immature Great 

 Crested Grebe and an adult Arctic Tern were killed in October 

 on the St. Germains Biver ; the Tern still retained its summer 

 plumage, and the man who killed it called it the "Pearl Gull." 

 Another Common Buzzard and some Oystercatchers were 

 obtained later in the month, and many Widgeon and Golden 

 Plover, with two or three grey ones among them, were brought to 

 the market. 



On November 5th I watched a large Northern Diver and a 

 Sclavonian Grebe off the Devil's Point, Stonehouse. It was very 

 interesting to observe the action of the Grebe when diving in 

 deep water, taking a leap upward to gain impetus enough to 

 reach the bottom. On the same day I saw a Snow Bunting, a 

 very uncommon bird in this locality. The weather was then very 

 mild, after a dense fog, and the Sound and harbour were full of 

 Kittiwakes, with a few Terns. I examined a Long-eared Owl, 

 killed in the neighbourhood, the stomach of which contained the 

 remains of a large rat. On November 18th I observed two 

 immature Black Kedstarts on the rocks at the Point, Stonehouse, 

 and a Grey Phalarope was also seen. Since that date more Black 

 Redstarts were noticed in another locality, and on the 23rd a 

 Wheatear ; there appeared to be something wrong with one of its 

 wings, which slightly drooped, and this perhaps operated to 

 prevent its departure at the usual time. 



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