. British birds. Birds. OTES. BIRDS AT DUNGENESS 1^^ 1915. In addition to the Surf-Scoter and Yellow-browed Warbler already recorded, I think a few other birds that I have seen at Dungeness this year deserve a record. Probably some of the following occur regularly on this part of the coast at certain seasons, but as they have not yet been recorded on more than a few occasions, it seems advisable to give the exact data. As I have not been able to spend more than three or four consecutive days at Dungeness durmg- 1915, I camiot add any information of value on the general course of migration. On
. British birds. Birds. OTES. BIRDS AT DUNGENESS 1^^ 1915. In addition to the Surf-Scoter and Yellow-browed Warbler already recorded, I think a few other birds that I have seen at Dungeness this year deserve a record. Probably some of the following occur regularly on this part of the coast at certain seasons, but as they have not yet been recorded on more than a few occasions, it seems advisable to give the exact data. As I have not been able to spend more than three or four consecutive days at Dungeness durmg- 1915, I camiot add any information of value on the general course of migration. On April 19th I saw a young Iceland Gull [Larus leuco'p- terns) amongst the crowds of gulls, yovmg and old, that haunt the shingle near the Hoj)pen Pits at all seasons. AMicnever it flew its peculiar cry was even more noticeable than its "bleached" plumage. As I noted a year ago (Vol. VIII., p. 53), one or two birds of the species seem to winter in the district each year, according to JVIr. Austen, the Matcher ; in further support of this, I saw a bird in immature plumage again on January 18th, 191C, and Mr. Austen told me he had seen one from time to time for some weeks ; from his description of its plumage it was evidently the same bird. My next visit was from June 8th to 11th, when all the Terns and other birds were busy breeding. It was especially surprising, therefore, to find quite a crowd of Terns collected on the point on the morning of the 11th, and amongst them one Black Tern [Hydrochelidon nigra). As I watched them fishing in a good-sized company just off the point, one suddenly came past me that appeared to have a blackish beak with orange or yellow base ; however, I saw the beak for a very short moment only, and may have been mistaken. This bird refused to come close to shore again, l)ut its shape was so distinct from the Common Terns, with wliich it asso- ciated, that I could easily pick it out whenever I looked lor it. I strongly suspect that it was a
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