THE ZOOLOGIST 



No. 882.— December 15th, 1914. 



SOME EXTRACTS FKOM A SHOOTER'S NOTE-BOOK. 

 Fkom January 6th, 1866, to January 23rd, 1867, 



INCLUDING THE GREAT FrOST OF THE LATTER YeAR. 



By Robert Warren. 



January 6th, 1866. — The weather has been incessantly wet 

 and stormy since December 21st, and the country is very much 

 flooded, water seen lying in most of the pasture-fields. To- 

 day I shot a fine specimen of the Iceland Gull, in the lodge 

 field, where for some days past it had been feeding after the 

 plough with the Black-headed Gulls. From its stage of plumage 

 it is a bird apparently in its second year. As is usual with most 

 Iceland Gulls, it was very tame, allowing me to walk up close 

 within shot. 



12th. — Yesterday, on the shore near Roserk Abbey, I noticed 

 a small Sandpiper, in the company of Greenshanks. On flying 

 off it uttered a peculiar, loud cry, which I recognized as the 

 cry of the bird that I saw on two occasions at Roserk, and once, 

 when returning from hunting near Kilglass, it was flying very 

 high, frequently uttering its loud and very peculiar cry. 



This evening it was seen on the Moy View shore, but being 

 too late to look after it, I was obliged to postpone my search 

 until next morning. 



13th. — Early this morning, went in search of the Sandpiper, 

 but saw nothing of it along the shore. However, before 

 returning, I thought of looking at a little pond, situated just 

 inside the shore fence, but quite surrounded by bushes and trees. 

 Cautiously looking over the wall, I saw the little stranger 

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