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occurrence in the British Islands the following may 



be mentioned : — 



Four at Inverernie, Nov. 1875 {Field, Dec. 4, 1875). 

 One at Scilly, April 1881 {Zool., 1881, p. 213). 

 One near Spalding, Lincolnshire {Zool., 1882, p. 463). 

 One near Lough Mask, Co. Mayo, Jan. 1884 {Zool., 

 1884, p. 72). 



One near Colchester, Nov. 1888 {Zool, 1889, p. 34). 

 One at Oakley, Essex, Sept. 1889 {Zool, 1889, p. 434). 

 One near Bridgewater, Dec. 1889 {Zool, 1890, p. 75). 

 One, South Cliff Farm, Flamborough, Feb. 1892 {Zool, 



1895, p. 59). 



One near Lowestoft, June 1893 {Zool, 1893, p. 313). 

 One near Thurles, Co. Tipperary, Sept. 1896 {Irish 

 Nat, 1898, p. 51). 



Of four examples carefully examined, the weight 

 was ascertained to be 8 lbs. 12 oz. ; 10 lbs. 8 oz. ; 

 10 lbs. 13 oz. ; and 11 lbs., the expanse of wing in 

 the last-named being 6 ft. 9 in. 



A graphic account of John Wolley's discovery of 

 the nest of the Crane in Lapland is given in The 

 Ihis, 1859, pp. 191-196. Mr. Howard Saunders 

 obtained the eggs of this bird in the marshes of 

 Andalusia in May 1868, and Mr. F. C. Selous in 

 May 1899 found several nests with eggs at a great 

 salt lake near Appa, in Asia Minor. 



In regard to the subject of migration, see a note 

 on the southward flight of a Crane in autumn {Zool, 



1896, p. 145). By means of a message enclosed in 

 a cartridge case, the bird was traced from Ascania 

 Nova, in Southern Russia, where it was bred, to 

 Dongola, where it was shot in December following. 



In an article entitled "Small Birds carried on 



