312 PALMIPEDES OF THE SOUTH HAMS. 
The last tribe of birds belonging to Oxfordshire 
and to the cultivated districts of South Devon con¬ 
sists of those few web-footed birds which roam to 
inland waters, meadows, stubbles, &c. from our 
own coasts, or which breed and abide wholly or 
partially in such situations. In order to state the 
case as near the truth as possible, I have allowed 
the same number of these birds to South Devon as 
are found to occur in Oxfordshire, though from our 
adjacency to the sea, those species which in an in¬ 
land locality would be stationary, with us change 
their situation, and again some marine birds of our 
coast at times repair inland, which in counties re¬ 
mote from the coast are never seen. The following 
are the species referred to,—The Little Grebe , the 
Wild Duck, Teal , Widgeon , Grey Lag Goose , Com¬ 
mon Gull , Great Black-backed Gull and Golden¬ 
eye. The Little Grebe breeds in all the fish-ponds 
and small lakes in the county, and in winter, very 
many are seen busy diving in all our inlets. The 
several kinds of Ducks frequent the marshes and 
large ponds during winter, some of the Wild Duck 
as before stated breeding with us. The Wild Goose 
is a frequenter of meadows, marshes, and stubbles, 
besides the sea coast during the winter. And lastly, 
the two Gulls, and perhaps other birds also, particu¬ 
larly the Red-legged Gull, make excursions in 
winter to inland waters and marshes after food, and 
some of them are known to abide during the breed¬ 
ing season at certain ponds and other collections of 
water in the south of this county. We here bring 
to a close our comparison between the ornithology 
of Oxfordshire and that of the South Hams of Devon, 
finding a difference of 35 species preponderating in 
the latter district. It is of course always desirable 
to trace out the principal features in such deficien¬ 
cies, and upon examination it is seen that the 
proportion of deficiencies in the Accipitres and 
