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The last-named bird closes the list of summer migrants proper, 

 and there remain to be noticed fifteen species, which I prefer to call 



RARE AND OCCASIONAL (MIGRATORY) SUMMER VISITORS. 



The Orphean Warbler. The Pennsylvanian Pipit. 



Savis' Warbler. The Redbreasted Pipit. 



The Aquatic Warbler. The Water Pipit. 



The Marsh Warbler. The Alpine Swift. 



The Great Reed Warbler. The Hoopoe. 



The Rufous Warbler. The Golden Oriole. 



Richard's Pipit. The Grey-headed Wagtail. 

 The Tawny Pipit. 



Of these, as far as I can ascertain, only four species have been 

 found in this county. Harting says he has a specimen of the 

 Aquatic Warbler, killed near Loughborough, in 1864. The same 

 author mentions the occurrence of the Alpine Swift on September 

 23rd, 1839 ; and he gives this note on the authority of Macgillivray. 

 In the Leicester Museum are two specimens of the Hoopoe, killed near 

 Leicester, in July, 1865, and finally, I observed the Grey-headed 

 Wagtail near Kibworth on May 2nd, 1880. 



Of the remaining eleven species, I am unable to say whether 

 they have been seen or taken in the couuty. There are specimens in 

 the Leicester Museum of the Orphean Warbler, Savis' Warbler, 

 Rufous Warbler, Richard's Pipit, Water Pipit, and Golden Oriole, 

 but there is nothing to show whether they were locally obtained or 

 not. 



I have thus accounted for thirty-eight species out of forty-nine. It 

 may happen that some of the other rare ones have been observed, and 

 if so, I shall be very glad if any of your readers can supply me with 

 the information, so as to make the list complete. 



I propose, in a future paper, to deal with the Winter Migrants and 

 Winter Visitors of the county, and then to enumerate the constant 

 residents. 



THE MINERALS OF THE MIDLANDS. 



BY C. J. WOODWARD, B.SC. 



Mr. H. B. Woodward, of the Geological Survey, has been good 

 enough to send me the following list : — 



GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 



Agate . . . . ' Berkeley, Damor >' 1 Igneous rock. 



n { Bridge . . ■ • J 



Barytes (Heavy I Tortworth . . 1 Igueous rock . 



Spar) . . . . j J 



Bitumen . . Clifton . . . Carboniferous Limestone. 



Brown Spar . . Tortworth . . . . Igneous rock. 



(Tortworth, Thorn- \ Igneous rock, Carboniferous 

 Celestiuc . . \ bury, Wickwar, I Limestone. New Red 



Aust . . . . J Marl. 



