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\Vhither were th-^y wendinj^ tlieir wny 1 \Vhat birds were they ? Perhaps 

 some of your rea lers can answer these questions." These were clearl}' not swans ; 

 we shall he tjlad to hear from any ornithclogical reader on the subject. — En.]. 



The Immigration of Bustards during the Past Winter. — In the 



"Zoologist" for March, Mr. Harting gi\es some interesting particulars of the 

 recenc visitation of Bustards, which recalls that of 1879-80 (during which a 

 Hustard was shot in Essex, see Trans. Fi.F.C. i. 59), when seven or eight speci- 

 mens were recorded in the " Zoologist." Derails of the occurrence of seven birds 

 in different parts of England during the past w'inter are given by Mr. Harting, 

 including the one shot at Tillingham, in Essex, already noticed in the Essex 

 NatI'KALIST (vol. iv. p. 214.) He refers to the curious fact that, although Bus- 

 tards formerly bred in England, it is not chiring the breeding season that they now 

 visit us ; they come as winter guests ; wh}', it is not easy to guess. 











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Grey Phalarope at Stratford.— Mr. .\rthur V . Gates, of Marsh Gate Lane, 

 Stratford, records in the " Zoologist " for March that a specimen of Phalaroptts 

 /iilicarius was shot on the marshes near Stratford on November 8lh, 1890. 



Supposed Occurrence of the Sand Lizard at Woodford : a Correc- 

 tion. — The specimen exhibited by Mr. Oldham at the meeting of the Club, on 

 November 8th last (E.N. vol. iv. p. 225), as a Sand Lizard {^Lacerler agilis), has 

 been submitted by Dr. Laver to Mr, Boulanger of the British Museum, who 

 writes that it " is a South European species, Z. muralis, possibly from Italy," The 

 lizard must have escaped from some vivarium or fern-case in Woodford, and the 

 supposed record of Z. agilis must be struck out. 



