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fisher {Alcedo ispida) with at least three eggs, which was 

 accidentally cut into on March 31st, near Ashburne. This is 

 an extraordinarily early date for eggs, as the usual time for 

 this district is about the last week of April or the beginning of 

 May. A nest of a Dipper (Cinclus aquaticus) is also reported 

 with five eggs on the River Dove on February 10th (p. 213). 



Supposed Spoonbill in co. Donegal. — A bird shot at 

 Inch on November 12th, 1910, and at first thought to be a 

 Flamingo, is judged by Mr. D. C. Campbell from a sketch and 

 description to be a Spoonbill {Irish Nat., 1911, p. 40). 



Supposed Occurrence of the Spotted Sandpiper in 

 Yorkshire.— In the Naturalist (1911, pp. 100-101) Mr. W. 

 Greaves gives some details regarding a specimen of Totanus 

 macularius which is supposed to have been shot at Hebden 

 Bridge about 1899, but the history of the specimen is so 

 confused and uncertain that it seems inadvisable to accept 

 the record as fully authenticated. There is only one authentic 

 record of the occurrence of this species in Yorkshire, viz., the 

 bird obtained at Whitby on March 29th, 1849 {Birds of Yorks., 

 p. 628). 



Wood-Sandpiper in co. Donegal. — Mr. D. C. Campbell 

 records {Irish Nat., 1911, p. 39) that a specimen of Totanus 

 glareola was shot on August 17th, 1910, at Brenagh, Upper 

 Lough S willy. The Wood-Sandpiper has only occurred six 

 times previously in Ireland, 



