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description, near Johnstown Bridge, co. Kildare, on January 

 27th and February 1st, 1913. The bird is rare and very local 

 in Ireland. 



CiRL Btjnting m Leicestershire. — Mr. H. S. Davenport 

 wTites {Field, 22.11.1913, p. 383) that he saw a male Emberiza 

 cirlus near Melton Mowbray on February 16th, 1913. The 

 bird has very rarely been recorded from the county. 



The Irish Coal-Tit. — ^Mr. Collingwood Ingram remarks 

 {Zool., 1913, p. 76) that of three specimens of Coal-Tit which 

 he obtained in Islay (Inner Hebrides), two had the cheeks 

 very slightly suffused with pale yellow and one was like the 

 tjrpical Parus a. hritannicus. This is interesting because the 

 island lies not far from the north-east of Ireland, and the 

 specimens of the Coal-Tit which we have seen from that 

 district are like those described from Islay, sometimes faintly 

 washed with yellow and thus intermediate between the typical 

 Parus a. hibernicus and P. a. hritannicus, and sometimes 

 indistinguishable from the typical P. a. hritannicus. 



Glossy Ibis in Skye. — ^Dr. J. A. Harvie-Brown reports 

 {Scot. Nat, 1913, p. 68) that a specimen of Egatheus f. 

 falcinellus occurred at Glendrynoch, Skye, on November 1st, 

 1911. 



Squacco Heron m co. Mayo. — ^Mr. A. II . Nichols writes 

 {Irish Nat., 1913, p. 81) that an adult male Ardeola r. ralloides 

 has been acquired by the Dublin Museum. It was obtained 

 in June, 1912, near Westport, co. Mayo, and has not, we think, 

 been recorded before. 



Stone-Curlew in co. Cork. — ^Mr. R. Warren records 

 {Zool., 1913, p. 108) that a specimen of Burhinus ce. osdicnemus 

 was obtained in co. Cork in the last week of February, 1913. 

 There are only ten previous records for Ireland. All have 

 occurred between the autumn and early spring. 



Ruff in Islay. — ^Mr. Collingwood Ingram reports {Zool., 

 1913, p. 76) that a male specimen of Machetes pugnax was 

 obtained on Islay (Inner Hebrides) on September 11th, 1912. 



Green Sandpiper in Dumbartonshire. — ^Messrs. G. Stout 

 and H. Duncan record that a specimen of Tringa ocro'phus 

 was obtained on January 9th, 1913, near Ivirkintilloch 

 {Scot. Nat., 1913, p. 69). 



Quail nesting in Shetland. — ^Mr. S. Bruce records {Scot. 

 Nat., 1913, p. 92) that he received some eggs in September, 

 1912, from the island of Whalsay which proved on examination 

 to be those of Quail {Goturnix c. coturnix). The bird has 

 occasionally been recorded previously as breeding in the 

 Shet lands. 



