In June, Mr. Chas. Oldham and myself discovered a breeding colony of the 
Sandwich Tern in Anglesey. They were nesting in company with Roseate 
and Common Terns. Hitherto this species has not been recorded as breed- 
ing in North Wales, though the bird has been noted off the coast in recent 
years. 
At the Point of Air I found, on July ist, a few pairs of the Common Tern 
breeding, as well as the Lesser Tern. There was also a colony of the 
latter nearer Prestatyn. 
July 10th—A small flock of Curlew in field off the Sealand Road. 
July 26th—A Goldfinch singing at Shotwick. 
Aug. 26th—A Pomatorhine Skua in Carnarvon Bay. 
Sept. 5th—A Nuthatch in Glynllifon Park, Carnarvonshire. 
Sept. 22nd—A Grey Wagtail on the Dee Cop. 
Oct. 13th—A male Stonechat on the Dee Cop, and a Lesser Whitethroat at 
Blacon Point, a very late date for this bird. 
Mr. Joseph Thompson submitted the following note on the Golden 
Oriole (Oriolus Galbula) :—“ On 18th April, 1915, the Golden Oriole was found 
nesting in an oak tree near Llangollen. The female bird was on the nest 
when found. I visited the spot a few days later, when I had the pleasure of 
seeing both the male and female birds, and was then hopeful that the nest 
would escape observation. But, alas, when I paid my next visit early in 
May the nest had been destroyed.’’* 
Mr. Thompson also contributed a note on the habits of Vespa germanica, 
one of the common ground wasps of the district. 
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Professor R. Newstead contributed notes on the remains of some Mammals 
found in a Roman deposit in Hunter Street, Chester. These included -the 
following :—Ox (Bos taurus var longifrons), Red Deer, Goat, Sheep, Horse, 
Pig and Wild Boar. Typical examples of the bones of the above named species 
were presented to the Society. The Chairman (Mr. Shepheard) observed that 
he believed this was the first occasion on which such records had been given 
at the Society’s Meetings. 
The Curator reported the following records received through Dr. W. Henry 
Dobie (Chairman of the Section) :— 
An immature specimen of Buffon’s Skua (Stercorarius longicaudus) was shot 
on the Dee Marsh at Connah’s Quay, September 1st, 1915, by Mr. Willmore © 
Taylor, Hawarden, and exhibited at the Meeting. y 
A Rough-legged Buzzard was shot by Mr. Norman on the Dee Marshes and 
was then in the hands of Mr. Cox, Taxidermist, of Liverpool. 
The Curator also read the following -notes of his personal records :—A Tope 
Shark (@aleus canis), measuring 4ft. 8in., was caught in a salmon net at 
Queen’s Ferry, by Mr. Williams, of Queen Street, Queen’s Ferry. Mr. J. 
Bairstow, of Chester, very kindly telephoned to the Chester Museum a noti- 
fication of the capture of the fish, and the Curator saw it in the captor’s house 
soon afterwards. It was, however, of no value to the Chester Museum for 
exhibitive purposes, several specimens already being on view. 
Guillemot (immature). Caught alive in the Dee, between Grosvenor and 
Railway Bridges, on September 29th, 1915. 
The Curator also exhibited on behalf of Master J. Boberiaun a remark- 
able variety of Vanessa urtice, which was captured near Chester in 1915. The 
following note of the capture, contributed by the Curator, appears in ‘‘ The 
Entomologist,”? Vol. XLIX., No. 635 (April, 1916):—‘‘In May of last year 
(1915) Master J. Robertson, of Hoole, Chester, caught on the wing an unusual 
colour variety of Vanessa urtice in Messrs. Dickson’s Nurseries, Newton, 
Chester. When captured it was with a number of the normal type and 
* The early date of the alleged nesting must necessarily throw doubt upon this record. 
It is unfortunate that no proof or corroborative evidence was obtained. W.H.D. 
