74 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



autumn, and that there were also Ptarmigan, Black-game, and — I 

 think — Capercailzie to be got. I heard a Woodpecker drumming, the 

 noise being identical with that made by our Spotted Woodpeckers ; 

 Chaffinches were common. I was struck by the unusual tameness of 

 the Great Tits — they would fly about inside the balconies of the 

 chalets in search of food, and also by the number of nesting-boxes 

 hanging up in the trees. — E. F. A. Hay (C. C. C. Oxford). 



Westward Movement of Birds during Snow. — Replying to Mr. 

 Ussher's enquiry (ante, p. 33), on Dec. 26th last a large number of birds 

 passed south-west over this district, mostly in flocks ; they were Star- 

 lings, Sky-Larks, and Lapwings. A few small birds (Chaffinches) 

 were moving in the same direction, but only single birds. On Dec. 

 27th a few Starlings and Sky-Larks, and single small birds, presum- 

 ably Chaffinches, all flying south-west. Dec. 28th, some- flocks of 

 Sky-Larks, besides single birds, and a few Lapwings were passing 

 over. — Robekt Morris (Uckfield, Sussex). 



Iceland Gulls in Donegal. — On 30th December last (which was the 

 first day of the thaw following the severe northern blizzards, accom- 

 panied by the heaviest falls of snow that have been experienced in 

 Donegal for many years past), I visited Rosbeg, one of the Herring- 

 fishing centres on that coast. Amongst the hundreds of other Gulls 

 that were congregated in and around the small bay to feed upon the fish- 

 offal, I noticed at least three immature Iceland Gulls, and there were 

 probably several others. As to whether the species visits the locality 

 so commonly every year, I could not gain any information. — J. Steele- 

 Elliott (Dowles Manor, Salop). 



