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which latter are white, secondaries pale grey tipped with white, 

 primaries black on their outer wehs. The inner webs have a 

 large white oblong spot occupying the space to within about an 

 inch of the tips of the feathers which are black. Tail, which is 

 considerably forked, consists of twelve feathers, which are white 

 tipped with black, with a slight touch of white at their ends. 

 Under parts pure white, the white extending from the throat to 

 the end of the under tail coverts. 



Though only a few specimens of this species have been recorded 

 as occurring on the East coast of England, yet according to Hart- 

 ing more than twenty specimens have been obtained fi'om differ- 

 ent parts of the British Islands since the year 1822. No doubt 

 many individuals driven fi^om their usual course of migration 

 down the Labrador coast, pass to the south unobserved during 

 the autumnal migration of the Terns and the Little Gull. 



The specimen which has been stuffed by Mr. Raine, and sent 

 to the Society for exhibition, does him much credit for the excel- 

 lent manner in which it is done. 



I wish also to draw the attention of our members to the beau- 

 tiful groups of young, downy birds, which are also exhibited 

 under twelve or fourteen glass shades by the same gentleman. 

 The artistic style in which they are treated cannot be over 

 praised. — John Sancoch, 12th May, 1881. 



Bird Notes during the Winter of 1880 and 1881. — During the 

 late winter, almost unexampled in the memory of this generation 

 for length and severity, for it may be said to have commenced 

 with the first fall of snow upon the 20th of October last, and 

 continued into April of this year. Like many others we had 

 many feathered pensioners, which indeed became so demoralized 

 by lengthened feeding, that a very small cover of snow sufficed 

 to bring them back to our window. 



Our guests consisted of Sparrows, Redbreasts, Hedge-Spar- 

 rows, Blackbirds, Chaffinches, the Great, the Blue, and the Cole 

 Titmice. 



It was somewhat singular that the Blackbirds were all cocks ; 

 what had become of the hens ? do they migrate during the 



