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served for some time by the Keeper at Trewithen frequenting 

 swampy ground about a pond. There is a figure of this Thrush 

 in Yarrell's British Birds, and also in Gould's " Birds of Europe," 

 and his more recent work " The Birds of Great Britain." 



Length 12^ inches. 



Tarsus IJ „ 



From Carpal joint to end of first quill. 6^ „ 



Weight 6 J ounces. 



No. of Tail Feathers 14, usual number 12. 



I have much pleasure in presenting the Society with two 

 photographs of this fine Thrush, and I believe the first and only 

 Cornish example. 



I have noted this spring the occurrence of the Garganey Teal 

 in several instances. This is the only species of our numerous 

 Ducks that visits us in the sjDring months, and then only for a 

 few days, on its way to the north or elsewhere to breed and rear 

 its young ; but I never remember seeing them, in their equatorial 

 return flight in the winter with the other ducks. When they 

 visit us in the spring they are in their full adult plumage, exhibit- 

 ing an arrangement of colours far less gaudy than many of our 

 wild ducks, but at the same time quite as attractive from its 

 elegant arrangement and markings. In size it is one of our 

 smallest species. 



My note on our Spring Migrants for 1874 is as follows : — 



"The Blackcap was in full song on April 6th in Trereife 

 Valley, about a mile from Penzance. This is the earliest date I 

 ever recorded the first song of the Blackcap, but it happened to 

 be a genial spring morning with plenty of sun. At the same 

 time I heard the song of the Chiflfchafi" for the first time in this 

 neighbourhood, which is unusually late. I heard it on the 28th 

 March in the eastern part of the County. It may be well to 

 remark that both the ChifFchaff and the Blackcap remain with us 

 all through the winter in limited numbers, and I expect that the 

 bird I heard this^ morning was no migrant, and simply commenced 

 his spring song. I heard no more of the Blackcap's song till 

 Monday, the 20th, when they were generally distributed. I 

 observed swallows on the Marazion Pond on the 11th April. On 

 the 21st I heard the first song of the Sedge Warbler, and on the 



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