488 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
Lord Valentia. too, who gave Montagu the Eagle, and who then lived at 
Anley Castle, near Bewdley, would at once have corrected his error in 
geography. TI think in some edition of the ‘ Ornithological Dictionary’ 
Ihave seen Stoke St. Milburgh mentioned as the place where the Eagle 
was shot, but I cannot find it. Are there any notes of localities where 
Montagu’s specimens were obtained? Any hints on the subject will be 
very acceptable.—Wi.i1am EK. Beckwitu (Eaton Constantine, Iron Bridge, 
Salop). 
Derivation of “Cob,” a name for Larus marinus.—Referring to the 
remarks in ‘ Yarrell’ (4th edit. vol. iv. p. 631) upon the use of the name 
“ Cob” for Larus marinus, the name appears to have been very generally 
known formerly,— well enough, indeed, to find a place in two standard 
dictionaries. In Ainsworth's ‘Thesaurus Lingue Latine Compendiarius,’ 
Dr. Morrell’s edition, 1783, we have ‘* A cob or sea cob, Larus,” and Larus 
is translated ‘ A sea-mew, cob or gull.” Also in the twenty-third edition 
of Boyer’s “ Royal Dictionary,” abridged, we find ‘ Sea-gull (cob), oiseau 
aquatique.”—OniverR V. Apcin (Great Bourton, near Banbury). 
{The word “cob” appears to have a great many different meanings. 
Halliwell, in his § Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words,” mentions 
no less than thirteen. The derivation of the word is given in Prof. Skeat’s 
‘Etymological Dictionary of the English language,’ g. v.— Ep. 
Black-headed Gull and Common Scoter in Skye.—By an oversight 
the Black-headed Gull, Larus ridibundus, was omitted from my recently 
printed ‘Catalogue of the Birds of Skye’ (Proc. Royal Phys. Soc. Edin. 
1886, p.118). It has been observed by me twice in the island, t.e.,in May, 
1882, and July, 1886, a single bird being seen on each occasion. When 
writing the paper in question, I was unable to include the Common Scoter 
in our list, but have since received information of specimens shot by 
Mr. F. W. Johnson on Loch Bracadale.—H. A. Macruurson (3 Kensington 
Gardens Square, W.). 
Storm Petrel in Gloucestershire.—On Oct. 17th my son picked up a 
Storm Petrel (Procellaria pelagica), which he found lying dead on a field- 
path between Witcomb and Crickly, about four miles east of Gloucester. 
It had doubtless been blown inland by the great gale on Oct. 15th. I find 
three previous records of this species in this county. In the ‘Journal of a 
Naturalist ’ (1829) one is noted, presumably at ‘Thornbury, “ after a violent 
storm, All-hallows Eve, 1824.” One was seen on the Gloucester and 
Berkeley Canal, by the late Mr. E. Bowley, a few years siuce, though as 
this speciinen was not procured it may possibly have been P. Leachit. 
Another was picked up dead near Charlton Kings, and is now in the 
possession of Mr. J. P. Wilton-Haines, of this city, who has also become the 
possessor uf the specimen now recorded. Leach’s Petrel has also a triple 
