KATURAI- HISTORY. 
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wild goose^ A. ferus, the bernacle^ A. hermcla, 
the goosander^ Mergus merganser^ the red-breasted 
goosander, M, serrator^ the crested grebe, Podiceps 
cri status, the red-necked grebe, P, ruhricollis,^ the 
little grebe, P, minor^ the northern diver, Colymhus 
glacialis,^ the fulmar, Procellaria glacialis^ the 
stormy petrel, P, pelagica,"^ the black-backed gull, 
Larus marinus^ the common gull, L. canus, the 
kittiwake, L. rlssa,^ the yellow legged gull, L.fuscus, 
ticated swan of our pools, C. mansuetus, a native of Eastern Europe and Asia, is 
larger than the above, and is distinguished from it by a black callous knob at the 
base of the bill. 
* This bird, Mrs. Perrot informs us, " is very scarce in the interior, two specimens 
were however shot about four years ago, during a very severe winter. One speci- 
men was shot on the Severn, and the other on the Avon ; both of which are now in 
the valuable collection of birds belonging to H. E. Strickland, Esq. at Cracombe." 
* Mr. Lees was informed by Mr. WilUams, of Hadley bowling-green, formerly 
keeper to Sir John Packington, that this very rare bird appeared upon the 
large pool in Westwood Park, in 1821 . Mr. Williams remarked that it dived in a very- 
singular manner, bringing up a fish after each submersion, and the other birds on 
the pool appeared alarmed at its movements, and kept at a respectful distance from 
it. The female, C. imher, of authors, was shot near the Severn, in the southern 
part of the county, in December 1827. 
3 " The fulmar," says Mrs. Perrot, in a communication to our Society, " was 
found near the village of Hill, much exhausted, but from the kindness of a neigh- 
bour was kept alive to be forwarded to me. Unfortunately, the lad to whom it was 
entrusted, on receiving a bite from the bird, killed it. I, however, made a sketch." 
^ Several specimens of P. pelagica have been found far inland after storms, and 
the one referred to in the text was found near Worcester, in a dying state, by Mr. 
Pitman, of the Tything. 
* This bird, called the wagel in its spotted immature plumage, has been several 
times met with on the shores of the Severn, Teme, and Avon. Mr. Flinn, of Wor- 
cester, killed a very fine specimen, after a desperate resistance, in a field near the Dog 
and Duck, at Henwick, where it had flown out of the Severn, in January 1833. 
This specimen is now in the Society's Museum. 
^ Numerous specimens of the kittiwake appear with us in the winter season. 
