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Francis Pershouse, Torquay. 



Mr. Pershouse's collection contains about 900 specimens of 

 British Birds collected in Devon, Sussex, and the Orkney 

 Islands, beautifully mounted and cased by himself. There 

 are examples of the White-bellied Brent, Greater Shearwater, 

 and Black Guillemot from Torbay. 



The Et. Hon. the Earl of Morley, Saltram, Plympton St. Mary. 

 A. Clayfield Ireland, Dowrich House, Crediton. 

 A. F. HoLDswoRTH, C.C., Widdicombe, Stokenham. 

 Sir John Rogers, Bart., Blachford, Ivybridgc. 



Collections containing Devonshire Birds not in the County. 



Natural History Museum, South Kensington (Col. Montagu's 

 collection) . 



Taunton Castle Museum (Dr. Woodforde's collection). 



Frome Literary Institution (Mr. Horner's collection). 



Rev. Murray A. Mathew, Buckland Dinham, Frome, Somerset. 



LINES Of MiaRATION. 



Anyone who considers the position of Devonshire upon the 

 map, and its comparative remoteness from the Continent, will, if 

 he is acquainted with the fact that the main body of migrating 

 birds approaches the British Islands froQi the East, hardly expect 

 that the county would be a large sharer in this foreign contingent. 

 And this supposition would be only a I'casonablc one ; however, we 

 shall proceed to point out that, notwithstanding the thinning-out 

 process westwards, numerous migrants, both in the spring and 

 autumn, find their way to our county by various, jDcrhaps un- 

 expected, routes. 



Much has been added to our knowledge of the routes selected 

 by various species of birds when arriving on, and departing from, 

 the shores of the British Islands during their autumnal and 

 vernal migrations, by the Reports of the Migration Committee of 



