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that they eat quantities of worms, and will feed also on slugs. See 

 ' Zoologist,' 1887, pp. 445, 446.— Ed.] 



BIRDS. 



Ruff in Nottinghamshire. — The keeper at the Mansfield Reservoir 

 shot, on August 17th, a nice specimen of this bird, which is now a very rare 

 straggler in this county. It was by itself, in good plumage, and forms a 

 nice addition to my county birds. I have only one other specimen, which 

 was shot at Clipstone, also in this county. — J. Whitaker (Rainworth, 

 near Mansfield, Notts). 



Sabine's Gull in Norfolk. — An immature female of this species, 

 apparently a bird of the year, was caught in the shore nets, at Wells, along 

 with several Black-headed Gulls, Larus ridibundus, on the 16th October, 

 and brought to me the following day. A reference to Stevenson's ■ Birds 

 of Norfolk ' shows that this is the fourth recorded example for the county 

 All have occurred in the month of October, and after exceptionally bad 

 weather for the time of the year. — H. W. Feilden (Wells, Norfolk). 



Sabine's Gull in Pembrokeshire.— On Nov. 12th I shot an immature 

 example of Sabine's Gull, Xema sabinii, near the village of Amroth, 

 Pembrokeshire. There was a strong wind blowing inshore and a heavy 

 sea. It was late in the afternoon, almost dusk, and the bird was flying, 

 along the surf-line, as if looking for food. It was in good condition, and is 

 now being preserved. I am not aware that this species has been before 

 recorded from Pembrokeshire. — Charles Jeffreys (Naturalist, Tenby). 



Pomatorhine Skua and Fulmar Petrel in Mayo. — On the 2nd of 

 October a specimen of the Pomatorhine Skua was picked up dead on the 

 sands at Enniscrone, Killala Bay. It was quite fresh and uninjured, 

 having been brought in by the morning's tide. The specimen was nearly 

 adult, and would probably have assumed the full plumage of maturity at 

 the next moult, having the long tail-feathers and white breast aud belly, 

 but still retaining the speckled throat and a barred feather or two on the 

 lower part of back and upper tail-coverts. On the 4th October, when 

 walking along the Enniscrone sands, I found a light-coloured variety of the 

 Fulmar, thrown up by the surf at high-water mark ; and, about a quarter 

 of a mile further on, two young Gannets; they were all dead, but quite 

 fresh, having been brought in by the same tide that carried the Skua 

 ashore. A few days later I picked up, at the same part of the sands, another 

 light-coloured specimen of the Fulmar, having some dusky-coloured feathers 

 on shoulders aud wings, showing it to be a young bird. — Robert Warren 

 (Moyview, Ballina, Co. Mayo). 



Buff Variety of the Swallow and Flycatcher. — On the 6th August 

 last I obtained a very pretty burl variety of the Swallow, shot near Blagdon, 



