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the present road until he came almost to the site of the Wake Arms. 

 At that point, as Mr. Winston has shown us, the older way Ijore off 

 to the right. From there the horsemen made their way past what is 

 now known as "The King's Oak" (with its highly forestal tarred 

 fence !) down to Wilson's lodge : thence, across Fairmead Bottom to 

 the Warren ; and so, over the high ground, to the top of Buckhurst 

 Hill. This latter part of the journey we are enabled to fill in, from 

 indications afforded by a vSurvey of the Manor of Loughton, made 

 in 1739, ^'^'■"^1 "o\\' '■"' <^be possession of the Rev. J. Whitaker Maitland. 

 This interesting document depicts what is called " The Stulpway to 

 Waltham " as starting from " The (Ircat Road to Epping " at a point 

 nearly opposite to the Roebuck Inn (compare Chapman and Andre's 

 Survey of 1772), and running straight up to Loughton Warren, and 

 past the south-west corner of it. Perhaps some contributor to The 

 Essex Naturalist can tell us exactly what a " stulpway " was ? 



NOTES— ORIGINAL AND SELECTED. 



Another Porbeagle Shark (^Lamna cormibicd) on the Essex Coast. — On 

 December 8tli, .\lr. Henry Gentr}-, of St. Osyth, and others, captured a shark of 

 this species in the estuary of the Colne, just opposite the second Martello Tower. 

 It was a male, 7 ft. 10 inches long, and gave some trouble in the landing. This 

 is the second specimen I have seen this winter from the Essex coast. (See ante, 

 p. 154.) In the " Daily Graphic" for December loth appeared a description and 

 illustration of this fish and its captor. It was there described as a "Blue 

 Shark," but incorrectly. It was unquestionably a Porbeagle ; the distinctive 

 characters of these two species makes th2 identification a very simple matter. — 

 Henry Layer, F.L.S., Colchester, December 19th, 1892. 



Black Cap {Sylvia atricapilla) in Novembfr. — On November i6th, Mr. 

 Pettitt showed me a specimen of the Black Cap which he had that morning shot near 

 Lexden. It was probably an immature male, and he informs me there are many 

 others in the same district, and also that he sees them every year during Novem- 

 ber. It is not probabl}^ generally known that this species lingers with us so late ; 

 at all events I was not aware of the fact. — Hexky Layer, F.L.S., Colchester. 



Iceland Gull at Harwich. — On December 3rd I was fortunate enough to 

 fhoot a specimen of the Iceland Gull QLarits Uucopterus) in the harbour here. I 

 think it has attained its second year's plumage, as it has a few pearl-grey feathers 

 en its back. I think that this is the second specimen recorded for Essex, the 

 other having been shot on the River Colne on January 1st, 1887 ; this bird was 

 also in my pos esdon (see " Birds of Essex," p. 262).— ?. Kerry, Harwich. 



Agrotis saucia at Woodford. — As we hear of Agrotis saucia having turned 

 up in many fresh or unusual places this season, it may interest the craft to know 



