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Thompson as having been obtained by Mr. R. Chute, near Dingle, in Co 

 Kerry, in February, 1846; and another, an adult bird, was sent from 

 Bantry Bay, in the winter of 1852, to my old friend the late Dr. Harvey 

 of Cork, and is now, I believe, in the Natural-History Collection of the 

 Queen's College in that city. Several reasons may be given for inferring 

 that the bird seen on the Liffey was an Iceland Gull ; and the fact of its 

 being so far from the sea, feeding in the company of the smaller Gulls, 

 goes far to prove that it was an Iceland Gull ; for this bird often associates 

 with the smaller Gulls, accompanying them inland to rest in the fields, and 

 feed after the plough, where I have shot specimens feeding on worms in the 

 company of Blackheaded and Common Gulls. The immature Iceland Gull 

 is often so pale in colour as to appear quite white when flying amongst other 

 Gulls, and has before now been mistaken for the Ivory Gull. Again, it is 

 stated that the bird seen, " many times flew, hovering and swooping so 

 close to us that the dark base of the bill was very conspicuous." Now the 

 immature Icelander has the bill very dark, — quite as dark-coloured as that 

 of a young Herring Gull, but as it approaches maturity the bill becomes 

 lighter in colour; so probably the bird seen was in its third year, when the 

 bill was beginning to clear. The bird, if an Ivory Gull, when it approached 

 its observers so closely as to show the dark base of the bill, should have 

 exhibited far more plainly its coal-black legs and feet, contrasting so 

 strongly with the pure white of the under parts ; indeed, the black legs and 

 ieet should have appeared more " conspicuous " than the base of the bill, 

 and have attracted more attention, and it is strange how this escaped the 

 notice of the observers if they were correct in their identification. — 

 Robert Warren (Moy View, Ballina, Co. Mayo). 



White Partridges. — Whilst shooting at Bolnhurst, seven miles out of 

 Bedford, on Oct. 3rd, 1890, my father shot a white Partridge; and again, 

 on Oct. 15th, another white bird fell to his gun. Both birds belonged to 

 the same covey, having been frequently seen together. On the wing they 

 both appeared to be quite white, but on closer inspection the brown markings 

 on the plumage were faintly traceable under the white, the birds having 

 the appearance of having been washed over with a thin coating of white 

 paint. The markings were stronger in the bird shot on Oct. 15th than in 

 that shot on the 3id. The legs of both were of a lighter colour than those 

 of the ordinary brown bird, and the eyes were of a bright red colour In 

 size and other respects the birds were the same as their brown relatives. 

 Both were preserved, and are now in my father's possession. — A. Hasted 

 (Curragh Camp). 



Birds observed on a Fishing Expedition to South Trondhjem.— 

 At 9 p.m. on June 12th of last, year I left Hull, by Wilson's line of steamers, 

 for Christiana, in company with my brother, a friend and his wife, and 



