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referred to ; lack of important material rendered it inad\isable to go 

 into greater detail. I hope, however, in the future this difficulty may 

 be overcome and that I may be able to deal with this intensely in- 

 teresting subject with the fullness and completeness that it deserves. 



AxxiE C. Jackson. 

 SwoRDALE, Ross-shire, November 9tli, 1915. 



THE SANDWICH TERN IN IRELAND— A CORRECTION. 



To the Editors of British Birds. 



Sirs, — I have to thank both the penetration and the courtesy ot 

 3Ir. Robert Warren for having drawn my attention to a mistaken 

 statement in my obituary article on Mr. R. M. BaiTington in the 

 November issue, to the effect that Mr. Barrington discovered " a new 

 Irish colony of the Sandwich Tern" {antea, pp. 135-6) during the 

 present year. I now find on inquiiy that this statement was fovmded 

 on a misapprehension arising out of one of Mr. Barrington's visits 

 to a colony already known to exist. Mr. Warren had justly concluded 

 that he would not have been left in ignorance of such a discovery 

 had it been reallj^ made. C. B. Moffat. 



Enniscorthy, November 13th, 1915. 



SKY-LARK'S METHOD OF GATHERING FOOD FOR YOUNG. 



To tJte Editors of British Birds. 



Sirs, — In answer to Mr. W. J. Ashford's note in the November issue 

 (p. 154), I should like to say that I have only once seen a Sky-Lark 

 {Alauda arvensis) collecting insects and laying them in little heaps. 

 This was on the occasion referred to in my " Wait and See " article 

 (antea, p. 103). It took place by the mere in Holy Island, Northumber- 

 land, during May, 1915. E. L. Turner. 



Hajipstead. November 20th, 1915. 



