BIRDS. STD 
September 17th, 1832, I observed five off Rame 
Head. 
Colymbus arcticus.— Black-throated diver. Very 
rare. 
Colymbus septentrionalis.— Red-throated diver. 
Not uncommon. Chiefly in winter, but on August 
Ist, 1833, I received a fine one shot off Turn- 
chapel. 
Sterna Boysiii—Sandwich tern. Very rare. 
Sterna hirundo.—Common tern, or “Sea swallow.” 
Common towards winter, and in greatest plenty 
after storms, when they arrive in our estuaries in an 
exhausted state, and stay many days eating offal 
on the shores, and plunging on small fry from a 
great height. 
Sterna minuta.— Lesser tern. Uncommon. 
Sterna fissipes.—Black tern. Rare. 
Sterna arctica.—Arctic tern. Very rare. 
Larus cataractes.—Skua gull. Obtained occa- 
sionally in winter. Six were shot in the harbour 
in September and October, 183]. (Mr. Gosling.) 
' Larus parasiticus.—Arctic jgager. One shot at 
the Mewstone, in October, 1833. 
Larus ridibundus.—Black-headed gull. Rare in 
summer, but common in winter. One was shot at 
Oreston in March, 1835. “ Maddrick gull,” vulgo. 
Larus marinus.—Greater black-backed gull, or 
* Saddle back.” Obtained in winter, but are not 
-common. In severe weather they will approach 
close to the houses of sea-side villages. In 1832 one 
was shot in the Sound, which measured across the 
wings 6 feet 8 inches. 
Larus fuscus.—Zesser saddle-back gull. Com- 
mon, and particularly in winter. 
_ Larus tridactylus.—Kittiwake. Very common 
in winter, rarer in summer. 
Larus canus.—Sea mew. Common in large 
flocks about sea-side fields, and often miles inland. 
