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recurved black feathers still remain ; and on the shoulders the bright 

 yellow silky mantle of summer is yet seen to a considerable extent. 

 Among the upper or smaller wing-coverts also are many bright yellow 

 feathers. The larger coverts are all narrowly margined with dull 

 white. Legs, with the feathers of the tibiae, black ; tarsi, toes, and 

 claws, which are rather large, apparently of a dusky reddish brown. 



A. Matthews. 



Weston-on-the-Green, 



March 31, 1852. 



Notes on the Arrival and Departure of Migratory Birds in Norfolk. — 



Great snipe, August 26. Wryneck, April 10. 



Curlew, August 28. Snipe (eggs), April 13. 



Gray wagtail, September 18. Jack snipe (last seen), April 13. 



Common buzzard (immature), Sept. 24. Wigeon (last seen), April 15. 



Peregrine falcon (immature), October 5. Pochard (last seen), April 15. 



Mealy redpoll, October 17. Cuckoo, April 20. 



Hooded crow, Oct. 20, last seen Apl. 14. Great crested grebe, first seen in full 



Long-tailed duck (immature), Oct. 31. summer plumage April 20. 



Gray phalarope, November 1. Fieldfare (last seen), May 3. 



Spotted crake, March 20. 

 In the above notes it will be seen that the more common migratory birds have been 

 omitted, except when their appearauce was either rather late or early. — L. II. Irby ; 

 Saham, Norfolk, June 14, 1852. 



Occurrence of the Gull-billed Tern (Sterna Anglica) at Scilly. — This species may 

 now be added to the Cornish Fauna, as I had an opportunity, during the past week, 

 of examining an adult specimen, through the kindness of John Jenkinson, Esq., a re- 

 lative of the lord proprietor of the Scilly Islands, who shot it when on a visit there in 

 the latler part of May or the beginning of June. — Edward Hearle Bodd ; Penzance, 

 June 28, 1 852. 



Occurrence of the Iceland Gull (Larus Islandicus) at Scilly. — A specimen of this 

 lesser white-winged gull was also shot at Scilly by Mr. Jenkinson, about the same 

 time as the Sterna Anglica. It is in that state of plumage where the whole of the up- 

 per parts are of a dull white, with occasional brocoli-brown markings ; the interior or 

 smaller webs of the quill-feathers are of a pale brown colour, but the remainder of the 

 wing is entirely white. In this state of plumage the bird at a little distance has the 

 appearance of being nearly white. — Id. 



Swans breeding at the age of Two Years. — I believe it is generally thought that 

 swans do not breed until they are three years old ; I have now a pair, two years old, 

 that brought off six strong cygnets yesterday. There is an old (I believe) pair at 

 Waddon, which have nine young ones some weeks old. — S. Gurney,jun. ; Carshal- 

 ton. June 9, 1852. 



