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white, but the rest of the upper plumage of the usual colour, with 

 the exception of the head, cheeks and throat being of a lighter 

 tint. On the 29th the first Black Eedstart made its appearance 

 on the coast— a rather early date, as this bird is seldom seen 

 here before the first week of November. Two Snow Buntings 

 were sent to the birdstuffer, one from Cornwall and the other 

 from the neighbourhood of Plymouth. This species is by no 

 means common with us. 



On Nov. 2nd another Black Redstart was observed near the 

 Devil's Point, Stonehouse ; and on the 4th a Great Northern 

 Diver, in nearly full summer plumage, which appeared to be in 

 exhausted state, was knocked down with a paddle by a boatman 

 in Weston Mill Creek. On the 6th an immature Peregrine Falcon 

 was killed by a gamekeeper at Sheviock, on the Cornish side of 

 the River Tamar; the crop contained the remains of a Partridge. 

 I was informed by my friend H. M. Harrison that on the 9th inst., 

 when out rabbit shooting at Crafthole, on the Cornish side, he 

 remarked large flights of Missel Thrushes, in some instances as 

 many as 150 in a flock; this species had previously been very 

 scarce with us. On the Uth a Common Buzzard and Long- 

 eared Owl were obtained ; the crop of the latter was completely 

 filled with the remains of mice. An immature Crested Grebe 

 was also received by the birdstuffer, the gizzard of which was 

 stuffed, as usual, with feathers and some bones of small fish. 

 The colour of its iris was of a light orange, with a narrow 

 yellowish white ring surrounding the pupil, similar to that of 

 the Sclavonian Grebe. Another, but immature, Northern Diver 

 was also killed about this date. 



On Dec. 9th a young Black Guillemot, in the plumage of the 

 first year, was obtained in Plymouth Sound — the only specimen 

 I remember to have seen in this locality. At the same time 

 a fully adult Razorbill was brought in, which had the tongue 

 protruding through an aperture in the throat just under the 

 chin, in which state it had apparently been for a long time, the 

 border or rim of the hole having perfectly healed and become 

 hardened, and the hole itself sufficiently large to give the tongue 

 perfect play, so as to allow the bird to swallow its food. The 

 protrusion of the tongue was three-quarters of an inch, the tip of 

 which had turned or twisted into a perfect scroll. The head 

 of this bird was preserved. Several Purple Sandpipers, Trlnga 



