ON THE ORNITHOLOGY OF CORNWALL. 87 
A specimen of the Kentish Plover, and several Redbreasted 
- Mergansers, some in their adult ornamental plumage, which adds 
much to their beauty, have been obtained from the neighbourhood. 
These are met with generally every year in our estuaries, but 
mostly in their unadult plumage. 
The Squacco Heron, one of the most beautiful and diminutive 
of the Ardeide, with the dorsal and occipital plumes in an ad- 
vanced state of development, was captured near the Lizard. 
The Scilly Isles have afforded specimens of the Marsh Harrier, 
Golden Orioles (which remained on until the end of May, when 
they, as usual, suddenly disappeared without nesting), the Spoon- 
bill, and Redstarts,—the latter little warbler, although common 
in most parts of Britain, is scarcely ever seen in the West of 
Devon or in Cornwall. 
We have had no rare specimens of Ducks this winter; and, 
in fact, the extreme mildness and openness of the season have 
afforded nothing in the Autumnal and Winter migratory move- 
ments more than the ordinary visits of Wild Ducks, Wigeon, and 
Teal. 
EDWD. HEARLE RODD. 
Penzance, March 14, 1872. 
