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me that one of these birds was killed at Heytesbury in October of 

 the same year. He saw it at King's, at Warminster; the bird 

 being" in immature plumage. This bird, as well as the last, in adult 

 plumage has the two central tail feathers very much prolonged 

 beyond the others, but they are not twisted, as in the last species. 



Stercorarius Parasiticus. " BufFon's or Long-tailed Skua." This 

 is the smallest of all the Skuas, and was also obtained in some 

 numbers during the storms of October in 1879, as mentioned in 

 previous cases, when Hart had several specimens brought in to him. 

 He had two, also, in 1858, and one in 1870. But the adult bird is 

 very rarely met with. The long tail feathers are very striking, and 

 would at once distinguish this bird from its congeners, being far 

 slenderer than the other, and being prolonged as far as 8in. or 9in. 

 beyond the other tail feathers. 



Puffinus Anglorum. "Manx Shearwater." This bird has oc- 

 curred once or twice in our harbour. Hart has one, killed in 

 November, 1856, in Christchurch Bay, in the immature plumage 

 which is not often seen in collections : and two others, procured in 

 November, 1873, and December, 1878; but I can gain no in- 

 formation of any other species of Shearwater in our district. 



Fulmorus Glacialis. " The Fulmar Petrel." This rarely occurs 

 at Christchurch. Hart has one in his collection, which was killed 

 against the telegraph wires some time ago ; and two have occurred 

 since, one of which was obtained in November, 1863. It is astonish- 

 ing the good fortune which seems to happen to some ornithologist, 

 who are always stumbling against some rarity in a most unlooked- 

 for manner. Thus, my friend, Cecil Smith, of Taunton, in one of 

 his bird expeditions to Teignmouth, had the luck to pick up one of 

 these birds on the beach. There had been a storm the night before, 

 and the first thing he saw was a bird lying on the shore, just alive, 

 and able to give his finger a slight grip, and it turned out to be a 

 good specimen of the Fulmar Petrel. 



Procellaria Pelagica. "Storm Petrel." These little birds, 

 sometimes called " Mother Carey's Chicken," are not unfrequently 

 found dead on the coast, and are generally picked up on the shore 

 after some storm at sea which has proved too much even for them. 



