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wing-bones, and some of the dark feathers of the back remain ; 

 these, the skull, and the measurements of the culmen and 

 wing, enabled me to recognize the species. The remains 

 are now preserved in spirits in the Warrington Museum. 



T. A. Coward. 



SNOW-GEESE IN NORFOLK. 



On October 31st, 1912, six Snow-Geese {Anser hyperboreus) 

 were seen on the north Norfolk levels. A Mr. Glanville 

 saw them fly in from the sea and fired at the birds ; and 

 I subsequently heard that E. Ramm, the well-knoA\-n fowler, 

 had a capital view, but was not lucky enough to get a shot. 

 Ramm noticed " hundreds of duck passing at sea, and ten 

 Whoopers " on the same day. Clifford Borrer. 



GOOSANDER AND SCAUP IN WARWICKSHIRE. 



On October 20th, 1912, I watched on one of the pools at 

 Packington, WarAvickshire, a bird which I identified as a female 

 or immature Goosander [Mergus m. merganser). It was at 

 first swimming Avith some Coot, and I at once noticed the 

 comparative thinness of the neck, and the large size of the 

 head. The latter was broAAH, the Avhole upper-surface Ijeing 

 dark grey and the thi'oat dirty-Avhite, Avhilst there Avas a 

 conspicuous AA'hite patch on the AA-ing. Later I saAv the bird 

 on the AAdng together Avith a duck Mallard, and the fact that 

 it was considerably larger than the latter, coupled A\ith the 

 grey back, served to distinguish it from the Red-breasted 

 Merganser. Beyond the rather vague statement {Vict. Hist. 

 Warwick., p. 202) that, " although not of frequent occurrence 

 it is certainly not very rare," I am aAvare of only tAAO prcA'ious 

 records of this species in the county. 



Though occurring more frequently than the Goosander, I 

 may record seeing a drake Scaup {Nyroca m. marila) on the 

 same pool on November 26th, 1911. 



A. Geoffrey Leigh. 



REDSHANKS TRAPPED BY COCKLES. 



The photograph here reproduced is of a Redshank (Tringa, 

 totanus) Avith a cockle on its upper mandible. I picked 

 the bird up on some rocks at Hoylake, Cheshire, i.e. in 

 the Dee Estuary, on October 5th, 1912; it had been dead 

 perhaps some Wenty-four hours and Avas emaciated. It 

 Avas also moulting. I think there can hardly be any doubt 

 that the Redshank died of starA^ation, haA^ng accidentally 

 been trapped by the cockle A\'hile feeding on the sand-flats. 

 One Avonders that the accident is not more common, but in 



