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CETACEA. 



Bottle-nosed Dolphin on the Lincolnshire Coast.— A small specimen 

 of Delphinus tursio was washed ashore on the Lincolnshire coast, at Marsh 

 Chapel on the 5th November last. It was evidently a young animal, barely 

 measuring seven feet in length, but was too much decomposed to note the 

 colours. I do not think that the Bottle-nosed Dolphin is by any means a 

 rare species in the Humber, and I am quite convinced that I have seen it 

 on several occasions. In August, 1888, two of these animals came up 

 Tetney Haven, and allowed themselves to be enclosed in the lock, where they 

 were both shot. One measured lift, in length, the other 8£ft. This 

 occurrence was recorded in ' The Naturalist' at the time by Mr. Cordeaux. 

 About the same time H. Stubbs, the well-known wildfowler, told me that 

 three other individuals of the same species were stranded near Tetney 

 Haven. These unfortunately were cut up or removed before I heard of 

 them ; but I have no doubt of their correct identification. I possess the 

 skulls of those killed at Tetney, and the entire skeleton of the Marsh 

 Chapel specimen is being preserved for me by Jeffreys, of Great Grimsby. — 

 C. H. Caton Haigh (Grainsby Hall, Grimsby). 



BIRDS. 



Feeding Wild Sea-Gulls, Jackdaws, and Pigeons. — A correspondent 

 of the ■ Western Morning News,' writing from Gurnard's Head, Cornwall, 

 Aug. 27, 1891, under the initials J. W. B., says, " A tame Gull will come 

 for its dinner to a rock a few yards from the house when whistled for. On 

 the same rock during the winter time Jackdaws were in the habit of coming 

 on the same signal being given. When the Gulls began nesting I surmise 

 the Gull was attracted by the evident enjoyment of the Jackdaws, and one 

 was not long in making an attempt on the citadel, at first very cautiously, 

 but now has lost all fear, and not only comes daily, but brings her three 

 young ones with her. Should the signal be delayed, they will come on the 

 rock and cry out, the young ones especially. On my taking them some 

 Bcraps (they will eat anything, and with an avidity only equalled by the 

 Pelican) they circle round, and on my standing a few yards away will 

 alight and begin their repast. On wet days they will circle round the 

 balcony of the house and utter cries to attract notice. Before the Jack- 

 daws left for the harvest, as they invariably do, I one day placed some food 

 on the rock ; the Gull took possession, and was immediately surrounded by 

 half-a-dozen Jackdaws, none of whom dared venture on the rock, but sat at 

 its base whilst the Gull devoured her dinner in the most leisurely way. 

 The fisherman in the cove has also a tame Gull which, on his return from 

 sea, will alight on the water and wait patiently for any fish thrown to it. It 

 was attacked in the most savage manner the other day by another Gull, which 

 did its best to try to drown it. As far as regards forecasting weather, the 



