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four pitched in a turnip field near the sea bank in Marsh 
Chapel; a sheep dog made a rush for them and succeeded in 
seizing one unlucky bird by the leg, which in attempting to rise 
had struck against the top of the sheepnet; the Swan carried 
its captor off his legs and dragged him some distance along the 
ground, till the shepherd issuing from his shelter hut killed it 
with the stove poker. It was in poor condition, weighing 
only 134 pounds. One which I saw in the flesh, was an adult 
in fair condition and weighed 18 lbs.; it was shot on the coast by 
Mr. Haigh on the 23rd. This by no means exhausts the number 
seen or obtained. Several Mute Swans (C. olor), no doubt 
frozen-out birds, were also washed up dead on the coast. Other 
species besides Swans have succumbed to the extraordinary 
severity of this winter, on the Yorkshire coast, Razorbills, 
Guillemots, and innumerable Little Auks. On the 18th and 
t9th of February Mr. Haigh found scores of the smaller Gulls, 
Larus canus, Rissa tridactyla, Larus ridibundus, but particularly 
the latter, washed up between Tetney Haven and Saltfleet, also 
a Gannet (Sula bassana), Scoter (Qdemia nigra), two Scaups 
(Fuligula marila), and a Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola). On 
the coast near Easington, Yorkshire, on the 26th, a Black- 
throated Diver (Colymbus septentrionalis) was picked up dead. 
Anatidz. Geese and Ducks. Great numbers of Brent 
(Bernicla brenta) frequented Kilnsea Bay during the frost. 
These showed considerable differences in plumage from the 
(Bernicla leucopsis) shot at Filey about Christmas, 1894 ; also 
a female Eider (Somateria mollissima) shot from the Brigg. 
The stomach contained two shore crabs, one measuring 
24 inches across the carapace. An adult male Long-tailed Duck 
(Harelda glacialis) in very complete plumage was shot in the 
same locality. On February 22nd I saw a fresh-killed adult 
female Velvet Scoter (édemia fusca) which had been obtained 
on the Lincolnshire coast. Flocks of various Ducks, Scoters, 
Scaup, Common Pochard (/uligula ferina), Tufted Duck 
(F. cristata), and innumerable Wigeon (M@areca penelope), and 
some females and young Golden-eyes (C/angu/a glaucion), with 
many common Wild Duck (Anas boschas), frequented the 
Humber near the Spurn, and along the river coast in January 
and Februa 
Fulmarus giachilis (L). Fulmar. A few have been seen at 
sea in January and one was shot near Flamborough. 
Naturalist, 
