22 tftti zooloGistf. 



Sea-Gull is more reliable than any glass. I may also state that there are 

 about fourteen Wild Pigeons living in the crevices of the rocks opposite. 

 They come daily, at daybreak, and sit on the roof till fed, when they vanish 

 until next day. When the 'corn is cut I do not see them so often, but they 

 turn up as soon as harvest is over. There are also a pair of Ravens which 

 have a nest annually on the cliff at a loftier range than where the Pigeons 

 reside, and will come to an old mine shaft and appear grateful for any 

 scraps. The solitariness of the place, it is believed, is the cause of their 

 docility." 



Rough-legged Buzzard in West Sussex. — On Oct. 29th a Rough- 

 legged Buzzard, Buteo lagopus, was shot near West Harting Pond. It 

 proved to be a female, measuring 23 inches, with extent of wing 54 inches, 

 and weighed 2 lbs. 5 oz. It was forwarded to Messrs. Pratt, of Brighton, 

 for preservation. — H. D. Gordon (Harting Vicarage, Petersfield). 



[Observers in other parts of the country have remarked an unusual 

 number of Rough-legged Buzzards in October and November. Half-a-dozen 

 were killed in various places in Suffolk ; the last heard of was trapped on 

 Mr. Deek's farm at Westleton, on Nov. 28th. In Lincolnshire one was 

 killed at Sutton on Nov. 19th ; this bird was reported to have measured 

 4 ft. 7 in. across the wings. — Ed.] 



Sabine's Gull near Bournemouth. — An adult specimen, in winter 

 plumage, of Sabine's Gull, Xema Sabinii, has recently come into ray 

 possession. It was found dead in a field near Bournemouth, on Oct. 13th, 

 1891, during the prevalence of S.W. gales. As recently killed mature 

 examples of this Gull are rarely met with, perhaps the following observa- 

 tions will be useful : — Tibia, tarsus and toes, also webs, pale drab colour, 

 with a shade of umber at the joints and on the webs. Nails dark umber. 

 Bill from base to a little beyond nostrils black, remainder straw-yellow. 

 Gape, and inside mouth and throat, bright reddish-orange. Tongue pale 

 orange-yellow. Eyelids black. Irides dark hazel. The measurements of 

 the body and wings agree with published descriptions, and need uot be 

 repeated. The plumage on the whole of the under parts was beautifully 

 suffused with salmon-pink, which was observable for several days after the 

 bird had been skinned and mounted. The white tips. to the black primaries 

 have a twisted and worn appearance. The tail is not so acutely forked as 

 shown in Yarrell's figure, while the sharp angle to the lower mandible was 

 not at all observable in the fresh bird, but is beginning to appear as the 

 bill dries.— F. Coburn (7, Holloway Head, Birmingham). 



Sabine's Gull in Cornwall. — A specimen of Sabine's Gull was shot by 

 Mi. C. Vingoe, at Newlyn (West), about the middle of October last. — 

 I\ H. Cohnibh (Penzance). 



