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pieces. To prove the date, I enclose the receipt for stuffing. — 

 Thomas Gulliver, Crown Woodman." 



27th. A pair of Goosanders observed upon Ravensthorpe 

 reservoir, fide Mr. J. Eunson. 



31st. First batch of Peewit's eggs of the season brought in, 



April. 



4th. Large flocks of Fieldfares and some Redwings passing 

 to the northward. 



5th. I heard from Mr. W. Tomalin that a male Red-throated 

 Diver was killed at Woodford Mill on 24th ult. 



0th. Under this date, Mr. W. Bazeley wrote to me, enclosing 

 the following notes of occurrence of various birds in the county 

 of Northampton, most, if not all, of which had come into his 

 hands : — " Storm Petrel caught by a cat at Weston Favell, 

 Dec. 3rd, 1889 ; Mr. Shipley." I subsequently purchased this 

 specimen from Mr. Bazeley, and found that it was a Fork-tailed 

 Petrel, Procellaria leucorrhoa. " Manx Shearwater, Hackleton ; 

 L. Tysoe, Aug. 24th, 1884." " Little Auk, picked up in a garden, 

 Stow Nine-churches ; S. Eales, Nov. 15th, 1884." " Puffin (im- 

 mature), Thornby ; Mr. Fasen, Dec. 12th, 1883." This bird, which 

 was recorded in the local newspaper, and originally reported to me 

 as a Little Auk, was sent to me for identification on Jan. 29th, 1884 

 (cf. Zool. 1884, p. 193). " Greenshank, Whilton; John Blencoe, 

 Dec, 1885." I purchased this specimen from Mr. Bazeley ; it is, to 

 . the best of my knowledge, the only Northamptonshire specimen 

 that has been preserved of this species, which is of very uncommon 

 ( occurrence in our county." "Puffin, immature, Snelson; no date." 

 " Large (?) Black-backed Gull, Brampton ; Mr. Saunders, no 

 date." "Manx Shearwater, Heyford ; S. Ales, picked up in a 

 farrier's yard, Dec. 29th, 1883." I quote the above extracts from 

 Mr. Bazeley's notes verbatim, but cannot answer for correct 

 identification, except in the instances above specified as having 

 come into my hands. 



9th. Eight Wigeon reported as still lingering on our decoy- 

 pool. 



10th. Large flock of Siskins haunting the alders about Lilford 

 bridges. A female Tufted Pochard is frequenting our park-pond. 



19th. R. C. informed me that one evening lately his attention 

 , was called by some village lads to what appeared to be a " cluster 



