17G THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Marsh Warbler, Acrocephalus palustris, C. S , Zool. 1^75, 

 p. 4713; Mathew, Zool. 1877, p. 333; and 1880, pp. 265, 300 * 



Black-throated Diver, Colymbus arcticus, C. S., Zool. 1876, 

 p. 4804. 



Little Owl, Athene noctua, Braikenridge, Zool. 1879, p. 32. 



Pomatorhine Skua, Stercorarius pomatorhinus, C. S., Zool. 

 1880, p. 19. 



Manx Shearwater, Pujfiniis anglorum, C. S., Zool. 1882, p. 433. 



Red Grouse, Lagopus scoticus, C. S., Zool. 1885, pp. 66, 147. 



Little Stint, T ring a minuta. Saw one stuffed at Weston- 

 super-Mare, stated, I have no doubt correctly, to have been killed 

 there. Not hitherto recorded. 



Tengrnalm's Owl, Nyctala Tengmalmi. One in Mr. Edwards' 

 collection, shot near Winscombe. Not hitherto recorded. 



Parrot Crossbill Loxia pityopsittacas. Shot at Clevedon ; in 

 Mr. Braikenridge's collection. Not hitherto recorded. 



Pied-legged Partridge, Caccabis rufa. Shot at Kingston, near 

 Taunton, December, 1882; in my own collection. I think 

 Mr. Edwards has also recorded it in ' The Field,' from the 

 Mendips. 



White Wagtail, Motacilla alba. I have found it common 

 both here and in other parts of the county, though I had not 

 recognised it at the time of publishing the ' Birds of Somerset.' 



Possibly to these may be added the Lesser White-fronted 

 Goose, Anser erythropus (making the number up to 20 since 

 the 'Birds of Somerset' was published), recorded by Mr. 

 Gygnell, of Wellington, Somerset, in ' Science Gossip ' for 

 March last. I have seen the head, wings and legs — all that is 

 left of this bird — and have no doubt as to the identity ; but I 

 have great doubt as to whether it ought to be added to the 

 Somerset list on the authority of that specimen, one of the wings 

 showing great signs of its having escaped from confinement. 

 I have sent a note on that subject to ' Science Gossip.' 



If the Canada Goose, Bernicla canadensis, is to be considered 

 British, it must of course be added to the Somerset list, several 

 specimens having occurred at various times. But I have always 

 considered these to be escaped specimens, or their descendants. 



* See also Seebohrn, "Field Notes on the Reed and Marsh Warblers," 

 Zool. 1880, p. 377. 



