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Night-Heron in Yorkshire. — Mr. T. Stephenson records 

 in the Field (11. XI. 1911, p. 1081) that an immature male 

 Nycticorax griseus, was shot on the banks of the Esk near 

 Whitby on October 26th, 1911. 



Spoonbill in Lincolnshire. — On November 13th, 1911, 

 an immature example of Platalea hucorodia was shot at the 

 mouth of the river Welland, and is reported bv Mr. C. N. 

 Tunnard {Field, 18.X1.1911, p. 1129). 



Long tailed Duck Breeding in Orkney. — Mr. 0. V. 

 Aplin annomices {Zool. 1911, p. 432) that he has received news 

 of the breeding of the Long-tailed Duck {Harelda glacialis) in 

 Orkney in the summer of 1911. No details are, howe/er, 

 vouchsafed, but we may presume that so careful an ornitholo- 

 gist as Mr. Aplin would not make the statement, were he not in 

 possession of scientific proof of its correctness, and we may 

 express the hope that such proof will not be ^\ ithheld, more 

 especially as the br edino: of the Long-tailed Duck both in the 

 Orkneys and Shetlands has for a long time been suspected 

 though never conclusively proved. There are at least three 

 instances of eggs being taken in the Shetlands, which were 

 so far as could be judged, both by their appearance and by the 

 evidence adduced, those of tlie Long-tailed Duck (c/. Fauna 

 Shetland Islands), while there is some evidence of its having 

 bred in Orkney (Fauna Orkneij Islands). The bird cannot, 

 however, be admitted unhesitatingly as a British breeding- 

 bird without better proof than has as yet been given. 



Grey Phalarope in South Wales. — ^Tne Rev. W. F. 

 Evans reports {Field, 18. XI. 1911, p. 1129) that a specimen 

 of Phalaropus fulicarius was seen for some days (presumably 

 in November) on a pond at Cowbridge (Glamorgan). 



Black-tailed Godwits in Ireland. — Mr. R. J. Ussher 

 records {Irish Nat., 1911, p. 200) that he observed a party 

 of some eight Limosa helg 'ca from September 27th to October 

 9th, 1911, at Shandon near Dungarvan (Waterford). Two 

 immature birds were shot. Mr. L'ssher also states that others 

 were seen by Major Barrett-Hamilton at Kilmanock (Wexford) 

 on September 22nd. 



Great Skua off Ayrshire. -Mr. J. M Crindle records 

 {Glasgow Nat., III., p. 126) that he saw an example of 

 M. caiarrhactes half a mile north-west of Dunure on July 

 7th, 1911. 



