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Scillonian birds, in which he was helped by Pechell, but it was 

 never published ; and in 1871 he made a number of marginal 

 notes on the birds of Scilly in a copy of ' Yarrell.' Both of these 

 records are fortunately still preserved. During the last sixty 

 years Mr. J. H. Jenkinson has paid many visits to the islands, 

 chiefly during the autumn and winter, and with his son, Mr. F. 

 Jenkinson, has very greatly increased our knowledge of the local 

 fauna. Some years ago he prepared a manuscript list of the 

 birds of Scilly for use at the Abbey, which has been added to 

 from time to time by Mr. T. A. Dorrien- Smith, the lord-proprietor 

 of the islands, who for the last twenty-five years has taken the 

 keenest interest in local ornithology. Since about 1880 almost 

 all the rarer birds secured at Scilly have gone into the Abbey 

 collection there, so that the Kodd and the Abbey collections be- 

 tween them contain examples of nearly all the accidental visitors 

 and rare casuals that have been shot at Scilly since about 1849 

 to the present time. Another valuable source of information is 

 the Tresco game-book, which goes back to 1856, and contains 

 many jottings of great value. 



When preparing his ' Tentative List of Cornish Birds,' pub- 

 lished in 1902, Dr. Clark was struck by the paucity of records 

 from Scilly for the spring months, and, to obtain material to fill 

 up the gap, took over a party of his biological students for the 

 Easter holidays of 1903. Since that date he has visited the 

 islands seven times, and, through the kindness of Mr. Dorrien- 

 Smith, has not only ransacked the treasures of the Abbey, but 

 has been able to study the bird-life of Scilly under most excep- 

 tional circumstances. Thanks also in great measure to the help 

 so kindly given by Mr. F. Jackson, Mr. C. J. King, and Mr. L. 

 B. George, of St. Mary's, and by the veteran ex-gamekeeper, 

 David Smith, of Tresco, he has been able to obtain a fairly com- 

 plete record of the more important ornithological events at Scilly 

 for the last six years. 



The Mistle- Thrush is a fairly regular winter visitor, usually 

 in small parties, but at long intervals in flocks. The first birds 

 generally come with the Bedwings, and others may appear irre- 

 gularly up till the beginning of March. The Song-Thrush is a 

 common resident, breeding on all the inhabited islands, and (in 



