﻿ORNITHOLOGICAL 
  NOTES 
  FROM 
  MID-WALES. 
  71 
  

  

  reports 
  having 
  met 
  with 
  a 
  small 
  part} 
  7 
  of 
  Black 
  Terns 
  at 
  the 
  

   mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Leri. 
  He 
  writes 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  On 
  February 
  27th 
  I 
  killed 
  

   the 
  finest 
  old 
  Heron 
  I 
  ever 
  saw, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  legs 
  

   and 
  bill 
  was 
  very 
  remarkable, 
  I 
  made 
  notes 
  of 
  them 
  before 
  the 
  

   bird 
  was 
  dead. 
  Bill 
  from 
  base 
  crimson, 
  blending 
  into 
  orange- 
  

   vermilion, 
  Indian 
  yellow, 
  and 
  aureolin 
  at 
  tip. 
  Eye, 
  scarlet 
  

   outer 
  circle 
  (iris), 
  straw 
  inside. 
  Legs, 
  upper 
  part 
  vermilion, 
  

   lower 
  yellow 
  spotted 
  with 
  vermilion. 
  Longest 
  crest-feather, 
  

   7t/ 
  in. 
  ; 
  tip 
  to 
  tip 
  of 
  wing, 
  5 
  ft. 
  1 
  in. 
  ; 
  full 
  length, 
  39 
  in. 
  I 
  got 
  

   a 
  Tufted 
  Duck 
  on 
  September 
  24th 
  ; 
  also 
  a 
  fine 
  drake 
  Merganser, 
  

   changing 
  from 
  the 
  female 
  plumage. 
  The 
  breast 
  was 
  almost 
  

   orange 
  in 
  colour, 
  and 
  I 
  took 
  it 
  for 
  a 
  Goosander 
  at 
  first. 
  This 
  

   colour 
  quite 
  faded 
  in 
  about 
  three 
  days. 
  I 
  narrowly 
  escaped 
  

   shooting 
  a 
  Peregrine 
  Falcon 
  in 
  mistake 
  for 
  a 
  hen 
  Sparrow-Hawk 
  

   as 
  it 
  dashed 
  into 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  Starlings." 
  

  

  