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now send you (it was also a Fork-tailed), was found dead on the shore (i. e., 

 of Lough Neagh), near some nets, against which it had probably killed itself." 

 I saw all the birds above mentioned. — R. Lloyd Patterson (Hollywood, 

 Co. Down). 



Fork-tailed Petrel near Ringwood. — Seeing several notices of the 

 occurrence of this species during November and December in various parts 

 of the British Islands, I am induced to record its occurrence iu this neigh- 

 bourhood. During December three specimens at least of this Petrel were 

 met with near Ringwood, one of which I had the pleasure of examining. 

 This specimen weighed scarcely an ounce, and measured exactly eighteen 

 inches across its expanded wings. The stomach contained only a small 

 quantity of oily matter, although the bird was in very fair condition. It 

 was picked up dead, doubtless driven inland by stress of weather. Another 

 specimen of this bird was picked up, and partly devoured by a cat. 

 A friend writing me in December last, from Co. Westmeath, says: — ''My 

 son watched a Storm Petrel on our lake, blown in by a storm the previous 

 night, sixty miles from the sea ; it disappeared next day." — G. B. Cobbin 

 (Ringwood, Hants). 



Stoem Petbel Inland. — A Storm Petrel, which had evidently been 

 dead some days, was found on a hedge not far from here, on October 23rd. 

 It was lying on its back on the top of the hedge. I suppose it must have 

 been driven inland by a gale and blown against some tree which killed it. 

 I believe the occurrence of this bird so far inland is not very usual ; at any 

 rate, so far as I know this is the first which has been met with in this 

 neighbourhood. — John A. Willmoee (Queenwood College, near Stock- 

 bridge, Hants). 



Gbeat Geey Sheike at Durham. — A specimen of this Shrike was 

 shot here on the 12th January last by Mr. G. H Procter. It was a male 

 with but slight indications of immaturity. The feathers on the breast 

 were tinged with pink. I also received, for preservation, an immature male 

 of this species on the 8th of November last, which was shot in Worcester- 

 shire, and which is now in the collection of Mr. J. Sutton, of Western Hill. 

 — J. Cullingfoed (University Museum, Durham). 



Tengmalm's Owl in Noefolk. — An adult male of this rare species 

 occurred on the night of October 30th, 1881, having been caught and 

 killed by the keeper of the Cromer lighthouse, who found it fluttering 

 against the lantern. Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., was fortunate enough to 

 secure it in the flesh, and thus ascertained the sex. It measured nine inches 

 and a quarter in length, and weighed three ounces and a half. This is the 

 third specimen of this bird obtained in this county. — Henby Stevenson 

 (Norwich). 



