410 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Coleorton, and Saddington Reservoir. A Black Tern was shot 
by Mr. W. A. Heap, of Melton Mowbray, on Aug. 4th, 1884, as 
it was flying about a ballast-hole, filled with water, about two 
acres in extent, close to Melton. Mr. Edward Bidwell informed 
me that he bought a specimen in Leicester, which was said to 
have been killed in the Abbey Meadow. I purchased for the 
museum two adult specimens, which were shot near Belgrave on 
the 24th April, 1886, out of a flock of over forty. Mr. G. H. 
Finch, M.P., reports a pair of this species killed at Burley 
Ponds, Oakham, Rutland, in April, 1886; and Mr. R. Tryon 
reports another, also shot at Oakham, about the same time. 
Rissa tridactyla (Linn.). Kittiwake.—Of accidental occur- 
rence in spring and autumn. Has been met with on the Soar, 
on Groby Pool, at Ashlands, Upton, and Saddington Reservoir. 
One shot at the last-named place on Oct. 15th, 1881, is now in 
the Leicester Museum. Another was shot at Gumley, Jan. 3rd 
1880. A mounted specimen, in the town Museum, was found 
dead at Evington; another, purchased for the Museum, was also 
found dead, in the Abbey Meadow, on Feb. 7th, 1881. 
Larus fuscus, Linn. Lesser Black-backed Gull.—An acci- 
dental visitor of rare occurrence. The late Rey. Arthur Evans 
recorded, in his notes, the occurrence of a specimen on Groby 
Pool in 1850. In the autumn of 1880 I saw an adult specimen 
from Bradgate. The Leicester Museum also possesses an 
immature specimen, shot at Melton in 1881. 
Larus canus, Linn. Common Gull.—Of accidental occur- 
rence, especially after stormy weather on the east coast. The 
Rev. Churchill Babington, in the Appendix to Potter’s ‘ History 
of Charnwood Forest,’ says,—‘‘ Often seen and shot; flocks of 
Gulls, probably L. rissa, as well as this, frequently fly over 
Thringstone after violent storms. None, except the Common 
Gull, have fallen into my hands.” 
Larus ridibundus, Linn. Black-headed Gull.—An accidental 
straggler. Formerly not uncommon about Ashby Wolds. A 
pair, in winter plumage, shot at Belgrave, Nov. 3rd, 1881, are 
now in the Leicester Museum. An immature bird, in the 
possession of Mr. T. Stevenson, of Kibworth, was shot some 
years ago at Thornton Reservoir. 
Larus minutus, Pallas. Little Gull.—A very rare straggler 
from the coast. Elkington states that some sixteen or seventeen 
