286 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Arthur Menhennick, of Pennart, Port Isaac, at Penpetty, Tin- 

 tagel, on the 1st December, 1906, the third specimen recorded 

 for the county. 



An Avocet was reported by F. V. Hill from the Cober Valley, 

 Helston, where it was killed on the 21st April, 1900, the only 

 specimen recorded from Cornwall during the past twenty-seven 

 years. The Grey Phalarope puts in an appearance in the autumn 

 or winter of most years, but the Bed-necked Phalarope is seldom 

 seen. A solitary specimen of the latter was killed at Swanpool, 

 Oct. 21st, 1902. No fewer than eleven examples of the Pectoral 

 Sandpiper have been obtained in the county, nine at Scilly and 

 two on the mainland. One of the latter was obtained at Gyll- 

 ingvase, Falmouth, in the early forties (Cocks), and the other, 

 a male in most emaciated condition, at Porthgwarra on the 

 30th April, 1906. The Little Stint, an occasional visitor on 

 spring and autumn migration, was obtained between Hayle and 

 St. Erth on the 12th October, 1903, and at Swanpool, Falmouth, 

 in the autumn of 1905. An American Stint was shot by 

 W. H. Vingoe at Marazion on the 9th October, 1853 (Eodd, 

 Zool. 1853, p. 4297). Another was killed by a fisherman near 

 Mousehole in September, 1890, and bought in the flesh by 

 W. E. Baily, of Paull, in whose collection the writer saw it in 

 February, 1902, incorrectly labelled " Tringa minuta" Tem- 

 minck's Stint is scarcer in the county than the Little Stint. 

 One was obtained near Devoran in October, 1899, and one on 

 the marsh at Gyllingvase on the 1st November, 1904. Three 

 examples of Bartram's Sandpiper have been killed in the county, 

 and all in the Lizard district. The last specimen was found by 

 Dr. Owen hanging up in a poulterer's shop in Falmouth in 

 October, 1903, and is now in his collection. 



The Bar-tailed Godwit is an autumn visitor, occasionally in 

 large flocks, but the Black-tailed Godwit is rarely seen. One 

 was observed by the Rev. H. H. Mills near Camborne in October, 

 1904, and a male was shot on the Helford River near Gweek on 

 the 8th April, 1907. 



Sixteen specimens of Sabine's Gull have been recorded from 

 Cornwall, all in immature plumage. The last was shot between 

 Lostwithiel and Doublebois in November, 1902. The Little 

 Gull is also an occasional casual, last obtained at Hayle in 



