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one of these birds, in which case all doubt as to the genuineness of the 
occurrence would be satisfied.—ALAN FAIRFAX CROSSMAN. 
Alleged Kentish Plover in Bedfordshire.—On the 26th May last I 
was watching a small party of Ringed Plover and Dunlin at the Bedford 
Sewage Farm. On observing the former closely through my field glasses, I 
noticed that one of them differed considerably from the rest, more especially 
in not having the complete black gorget, but only black patches on the 
shoulders, and also in having dark legs instead of yellow ones as the rest 
had. It was also a lighter colour on the back. I made a note of these 
points, and found, on reference to Mr. Howard Saunders’s ‘ Manual,’ that I 
was correct in identifying this bird as the Kentish Plover (Agialitis 
antiana). Iam not aware of the occurrence of this bird in Bedfordshire 
on any previous occasion.— ALAN FAIRFAX CROSSMAN. 
Iceland Gull in Co. Sligo in Summer.—On June 18th, when driving 
from Enniscrone to Oghill, about two miles from the sea, I passed a field 
that was being prepared for turnip-sowing, and to my great surprise, 
amongst a flock of about twenty immature Herring Gulls, I perceived an 
Iceland Gull (Larus leucopterus). The bird, as usual, was very tame, 
feeding within three or four yards of the man and horses, and, as it fed 
within ten or twelve yards of the public road where I was standing, I had 
an excellent opportunity for observing it with my glass. It appeared to be 
a bird of last year, for, although the head and neck were very light coloured, 
the shoulders and back were rather dark ; but the long white primaries were 
very conspicuous. Probably the bird would not exhibit the creamy coloured 
stage of plumage until after this autumn’s moult. The occurrence of the 
Iceland Gull in summer is very unusual, and the only other occasion on 
which it has been observed at this time of year in this county was on June 
5th, 1896, when an adult specimen was found dead on the sands of 
Mullaghmore by Mr. C. Lanham, of Tempo Manor, Co. Fermanagh.— 
Rosert WaRREN (Moyview, Ballina). 
Note on the Petrel, Oceanodroma castro (Harcourt).—In recently 
looking over the Fourteenth Report on Danish Birds,* compiled by Herr 
Herluf Winge, and published in the Danish journal ‘ Videnskab. Meddel. 
fra den naturh. Foren. i Kjoben.’ for 1897, pp. 237-310, I was surprised 
to learn that two examples of this species (better known as O. cryptoleucura 
(Ridg.), but see the ‘ Ibis,’ 1898, pp. 318, 314) were killed at lightships in 
September and October, 1896. Herr Winge has access to specimens in the 
University Museum at Copenhagen, and, after comparison of the two speci- 
mens in question with skins of O. leucorrhoa, he is evidently of opinion that 
* Fuglene ved de danske Fyr 1 1896. | 14 de Aarsberetning om danske 
Fugle. | Ved | Herluf Winge. | Med et Kort. 
