-MK. E. lilDWELL ON THE ISLES OK SULLY. 
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VII. 
A V18L1’ TO TJIK ISLES OF SCILLV LULIXC 
THE NESTING SEASON. 
I5v Euwaim) Lidwell. 
Rend 26 th ynnunry, 1 S 86 . 
In tho spring of lir.st year 1 accepleil an invitation from nij' friend 
i^fr. 'William (Iraliam to accompany him on a trip to the Isles of 
Scilly, for the purpose of procuring eggs of some of the sea birds 
Avhich breed there, and I have ventured to write the following short 
accoitnt of my visit, in tho hope that it may be of interest to some of 
my fellow members of the Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists’ Society. 
To prevent delay in getting to our de.stination, Mr. Graham sent 
his yacht to Falmouth, and it was a gloriously bright morning when, 
on Friday, tho 22nd May, ISS-t, avc .stepped on board the 
“ Wenonah ” yawl. Hying the Hag of tho rear commodore of the 
Corinthian Yacht Club; but the waves in the harbour .showed 
that there would not be much chance of getting round tho Lizard 
until tho strong south-west wind which was bloAving had abated. 
As it Avas impossible to make a start, avc utilised our morning by 
exploring the toAvn of Falmouth, and visited iMr. Gill the taxidermist, 
Avho shoAA’ed us a Crested Lark Avhich he had shot in the neighbour- 
hood in ISOd, and a male Kc<I-footed I'alcon in adult dress, Avhich 
had been brought to him aliA'C in first plumage in 1867, and AA'hich he 
had kept alive for nine or ton months. In the afternoon avc sailed 
up the beautiful Truro river as far as the bar at Lestrongnet, Avherc 
the state of the tide compelled us to take to the gig. During our 
roAv Ave saAv a small Hock of Knots, Avhich Avere just beginning to 
assume their summer plumage, — the grc}' giving place to a tinge of 
broAvn, — and these Avere the only AA-adere avc noticed. On arriving 
at Lord Falmouth’s boat-house, Ave landed, and Avalked through 
Tregothnan Dark to Lamorran to see the Avell-knoAvn gardens of 
the 1 Ion. and Fvca'. J. ToavuscikI Boscawen, Avho, knoAving Ave Avere 
at F'almouth, had most kindly Avritten, inviting us to Avalk over 
and sec his Bhododendrons, Avhich aa’ci-o then in all their glory. 
