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BIRDS. 
Anas ferruginea .—Ferruginous duck. Only one 
specimen. 
Anas clangula .—Golden eye. Rare, and gener¬ 
ally in hard winters. 
Anas fuligula .—Tufted duck. Not uncommon 
in winter. 
Anas crecca.— Teal. Common in winter. 
Pelecanus carbo.— Cormorant. Not uncommon. 
Pelecanus graculus.— Shag. Common. Explores 
in-land during winter. 
Pelecanus bassanus.— Gannet. Breed in North 
Devon, and appear off the southern coast in winter, 
and usually arrive both in Devon and Cornwall in 
the track of the shoals of Pilchards, on which they 
voraciously feed. I procured a young bird (trian¬ 
gular spots on a ground of dark brown) on October 
20th, 1831, from Hooe Lake, which is mentioned in 
Moore’s catalogue. 
The Spur-winged goose , Surf duck , (of Eyton) 
Cravat goose , Roseate tern , Jackson's gulf and 
Grey petrel, have been taken in Cornwall. 
Total, 247 South Devon Birds, three or probably 
four of which have as yet been noticed only in this 
district, and considering the highly mobile character 
of the race, and the great and very general atten¬ 
tion paid to Ornithology beyond most other depart¬ 
ments of Natural History, this small number is not 
very remarkable, while the very great extent of the 
entire list, beyond in fact that of perhaps any other 
spot of similar size in England, sufficiently attests 
the remarkable adaption of it in all points to main¬ 
tain an unusually large number of the tribe. The 
migrations of birds are so various as to require an 
investigation in almost every one of those species 
which do change their places of abode, and on sur¬ 
veying the list it is astonishing what a large pro¬ 
portion of them act in this manner, some kinds, 
such as the Swallow spending the summer with us, 
