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entitled "Varieties of the Curlew and Lapwing,"^ F. W. 

 Frohawk describes and figures a Curlew, shot at Dunbeath, 

 Caithness, in 1908, whose plumage presents a combination 

 of both melanism and albinism. This remarkable specimen 

 forms part of Mr Whitaker's collection of varieties of British 

 Birds at Rainworth. Frohawk's illustration, in his well- 

 known style, shows us a bird with the mantle, scapulars, 

 secondaries, and the greater part of the primaries pure 

 white, a few white mottlings on the head, and the remainder 

 of the upper parts deep black. The under parts are entirely 

 dusky brown mottled with black, the bill is black, while the 

 legs and feet are of a deep leaden grey. In the same 

 article numerous colour-variations, white, pied, and cinnamon 

 of the Curlew and the Lapwing are also described or 

 alluded to. 



A further instalment has recently appeared of T. E. 

 Lones' " Notes on the Fauna of the Country of the Chess 

 and Gade." - In this contribution many interesting notes 

 are given regarding the structure and habits of the two 

 Copepod Crustaceans, CantJiocainptus staphylinns^]\xx\x\&^ and 

 Cyclops viridis, J urine. Figures are given of both species. 



We have received copies of a paper by Henry Coates, 

 entitled '"Wanted to Complete' — Perthshire Vertebrates."^ 

 This is an appeal for assistance to complete the series of 

 Vertebrates in the Perth Museum, of which the author is 

 the curator. Had space permitted we should have been 

 glad to give the list of desiderata in full, but we trust that 

 such of our readers as are able or willing to assist will 

 procure a copy of the pamphlet, which gives full particulars 

 regarding the wants of the Museum. 



> The Field, 9th September, 19 16, p. 407. 



- Zoologist, September 19 16, pp. 337-47. 



^ Trans. Perthshi7-e Soc. Nat. Science, vol. vi., part 3, pp. 1-19 (1916). 



