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birds there were seven Pheasants at the first and five at the second. 

 (Traus. Devon, xissoc. vol. x. p. 255.) Pheasants have been turned 

 down on the Scilly Isles, where they do well, but, according to 

 Mr. T. Coruish, never attain to any large size. 



Corn-Crake (p. 280). — Mr. "William Leir shot one of these birds at 

 Combe Head, Bampton, on 12th January, 1892. (' Eield,' 16th Jan., 

 1892.) 



Coot (p. 284). — Mr. "Walter Y. Toll, speaking of Slapton Ley, says : — - 

 " A fairly large number of Coots breed here, but not a great many in 

 the Ley proper. As the breeding-season draws near the Coots that 

 do not migrate come up to our [the Sti'etej portion of the I^ey and 

 nest, quite twenty to one to what thej- do at the other end of the 

 Ley. Xo doubt a large number come to the Ley, sometimes late, 

 sometimes early: last year (1891) late — middle of December; and 

 the late cold weather brought in a lot more " (in liti. Jan. 17th, 

 1892). 



Great Bustard (p. 290). — Mr. Gatcorabe had an opportunity of ex- 

 amining the Bustard killed in the parish of Bratton Clovelly on 

 December 3 1st, 1851. It proved to be a. female, dindi the stomach 

 contained a large quantity of turnip-leaves mixed with several Hat 

 flinty stones about the size of a six[)ence. The bases of the feathers 

 on the breast and back were of a beautiful rose colour. 



**jje We })resurae the sex was ascertained by dissection. "When 

 we saw this fine specimen we judged it, from its size, to bo a male 

 bird (M. A. M.). 



Little Bustard (p. 293). — In his ' Gleanings of Natural History,' 

 vol. iv. (London, 1758), Mr. George Edwards gives a coloured plate 

 of a Little Bustard which was sent up from Cornwall, and exhibited 

 before a meeting of the Roj-al Society in London in 1751, when no 

 one present was able to say what it was, and it was accordiniily 

 forwarded to him for his opinion upon it. {Vide ' Transactions 11. 8.' 

 for 1754.) 



Ivory Gull (p. 371). — Having recently had an opportunity of examin- 

 ing a num])er of skins of this rare species which were obtained at 

 Jan ^layen in March 1891 we noticed that the adults varied greatly 

 in sizx', some ])eing at least two inches longer than others. 0\ir 

 friend Mr. J. (iatcombo has recorded how greatly some other Gulls 

 (Herring, Iceland, &c.) differed in size, so that it is interesting to bo 

 able to add the Ivory Gull to the list. Tlie Tor(]uay spocinien is 

 )iearly adult. 



Kittiwake (p. ;i71). — ^Ir. (i. F. !Matbow, II. N., has informed us that 

 whin he was on a voyage to Halifax in November 1S91 on board 

 ][.M.S. ' Tyne ' he noticed Kittiwakes everji day all the way across 

 tlie AtLintic, and that these (Jnlls were also plentiful in Halifax 

 harbour. Ou ncaring the coast the luttiwukos wore joined by Black- 



