28 SUPPLEMENT TO 
Redshank (p. 348). 
Mr. E. A. 8. Elliot observed two old birds and three young ones 
together at Slapton Ley in June 1894; and shot one at Kingsbridge on 
May 5th, 1895, the only one he knew of that had been obtained there in 
the spring. 
Bar-tailed Godwit (p. 352). 
Mr. E. A. S. Elliot writes that 1895 was a “‘Godwit year,” and that 
in May he obtained several fine males of this species on the Kingsbridge 
Estuary. 
Black-tailed Godwit (p. 353). 
Two were shot near Kingsbridge, September 25th, 1892 (Mr. Holds- 
worth). Some occurred on the Devon coast in the spring of 1893 (Mr. 
Rawson). One at Thurleston Ley, May 19th, 1893: and one among the 
Bar-tailed Godwits on the Kingsbridge Estuary, May 12th, 1895 ; there 
were others in the flock, but they could not be approached. (H. A. S. E.) 
Iceland Gull (p. 374). 
We are informed by Mr. James Rowe that a young Iceland Gull was 
shot on the Taw at the beginning of January 1893. ‘This is the first 
occurrence that we know of in North Devon of this Gull. About the 
same date two were obtained in Poole Harbour, and a third, an adult, 
later on in the spring. This is an addition to the List of Dorsetshire 
Birds, in which the Iceland Gull has not before been included. 
Common Gull (p. 379). 
On May 8th, 1895, when we were at Slapton Ley, we watched a pair 
of Common Gulls in breeding plumage which frequented the ridge of 
shingle dividing the freshwater Ley trom the sea, not far from the Sands 
Hotel. They were very tame, and had all the appearance of nesting 
birds. ‘There are grassy slopes on the cliffs to the east of the Ley very 
suitable for this species to nest upon, and we shall not be surprised to 
learn that, after all, it can be included in our list of breeding species. 
Mr. Rawson believes that there is also a locality in N. Devon where the 
Common Gull nests (Pidsley and Macpherson, ‘ Birds of Devonshire,’ 
p. 162). Mr, Toll informs us that he saw several pairs on the sands at 
the end of May, and on the 14th June, 1895, he caught a Common Gull 
that had evidently been shot at and crippled. It is a little curious that 
Mr. Elliot never sees this Gull on the Kingsbridge Estuary with the pure 
white head of the summer plumage. 
