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be in the liabit of carrying their young to their feed hi? 
places, before they have acquired sufficient strength to 
convey themselves. 
COMMON BITTERN. ArJea stellaris. Turton’s Lin-» 
vol, 1. Fleming’s Brit. An,, p. 95. Jenyns’ Man., p. 19®* 
Yarrell’s Br. B., vol. 2, p. 475. 
There is no need to record this bird for its rarity; but 
it seems to abound much more in the west than in the eastern 
part of the County. But it is here inserted to notice its 
food. I am assured that in one instance a Red Wing, (Tiff* 
dus Ilia evs ) and in another a Rail, ( Gallinula Crex) was 
found in its stomach, 
SPOONBILL. Platalea leucorodia. Jenyns’ Man., p. 19®' 
Yarrell’s Br. B., vol. 2, p. 41)9. 
In the third week of October, 184:3, nineteen of these 
birds were seen on the north coast of the county, near 
Newquay, arid four of them killed: of which I examined a 
specimen. In the previous year, one was shot on the Goon- 
liilly downs, and it is believed that these are not the only 
instances in which it has been taken. 
A hen bird shot at Trcgembris in Newlyn is in the 
Museum, having been presented by Mr. Robarts. 
ALCADJ3. 
RINGED GUILLEMOT. Uria lacrymans. Yarrell* 
Br. B„ vol. 3, p. 351. 
Since this bird has been judged a separate species fr°' n 
Uria Troile, it has been found to be as common as the latter- 
LARIDyE. 
ARCTIC TERN. SEA SWALLOW. MIRET. Stem* 
Arctica. Fleming’s Brit. An , p. 144. Jenyns’ Ma B -’ 
p. 2G7. Yarrell’s Br. B., vol. 3, p.298. 
Mr. Yarrell has related the visit of an immense numbe 1, 
of these birds along the west coast of the Kingdom, fr 0 " 1 
the Bristol Channel to various parts of Wales, and eve'j, 
to the inland towns of the neighbourhood, in the month B 
May, 1842; but the account given in the History of Brit |S 
birds docs not include the full extent of their d estributioni 
nor of their numbers; which seem to have been as if all tB 
Terns in existence had agreed to come upon the Brit ,s ^ 
shores. There were multitudes along the coasts and ha' 
hours of the north and south of Cornwall and Devon, 
six shot at one time, at Looe, live were males. 
