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Her Grace the Duchess of Bedford records a large number of 

 Sooty Shearwaters (Puffinus griseus) off the west coast of Ireland, 

 between Eagle Island and Black Rock, on 17th August 191 1. On 

 returning to the same place next day, she found that they had all 

 passed on. — British Birds, vol. v., p. 141. 



A fine adult male Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator senator) was 

 obtained at Winchelsea on 25th July 1911, and examined in the 

 flesh by Mr Ford-Lindsay, who also records a pair of Caspian 

 Plovers (/Egialitis asiaticus) which were shot on Romney Marsh 

 on 13th July. — British Birds, vol. v., pp. in, 115. 



Mr J. B. Nicholls records a White - spotted Bluethroat 

 (Cy anemia cy anemia) which was obtained at Pett Level, Sussex, 

 on 17 th May 1911, and refers to one previously recorded which was 

 got at the same place on 15th May. — British Birds, vol. v., 

 p. 106. 



The first identified British example of the Continental Blue Tit 

 (Pants ccernleus coeruleus) was exhibited by Mr Bonhote at the June 

 meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club {Bull. B. O. C, vol. xxvii., 

 p. 1 01). It was obtained in Peeblesshire some years ago. No locality 

 nor date was given. — British Birds, vol. v., p. 109. 



The return of the Bittern (Botaurus stcllaris) to Norfolk", and 

 the finding of the nest and one of the young is recorded by Miss 

 E. L. Turner in British Birds. The young Bittern was discovered 

 in a wide stretch of reed-bed on 8th July 191 1 ; it was judged to be 

 between four and five weeks old. On 17th July, when an organised 

 search was made, the nest was found about a dozen yards from 

 where the young bird was first seen. — British Birds, vol. v., p. 90. 



In the Irish Naturalist, 191 1 (pp. 149-152), Mr R. J. 

 Ussher gives an interesting account of the discovery of the Fulmar 

 (Fit Imams glacialis) nesting on the north coast of Mayo, Ireland. 

 This is a very important record, as it is the first time this bird has 

 been recorded as a breeding species for Ireland. 



Two new British species of Microlepidoptera are described by 

 J. H. Durrant (Fnt. Mo. Mag., November 191 1, pp. 251-252). 

 One (Rhyacionia logcea, sp. n.) is Scottish, having been taken at 

 Forres on several occasions. 



In the Entomologists Monthly Magazine for December (pp. 269- 

 270) Norman H. Joy describes two beetles new to science. These 

 are Bledius secerdendus, from Dovercourt (Essex), Dawlish (Devon), 

 Tresco (Scilly Islands), and Cloghane (Kerry); and FhyntMfafYSy^ 

 hanvoodi, from the neighbourhood of Bradfield (Berks). /v^i (A 



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