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Avoods of Balnagown, in the east of Ross-shire, and the birds 

 bred that year in the woods around Tarbat House, in the 

 same locality. "While waiting for Wood Pigeons in a small 

 fir wood at Kintradwell, near Brira, in the east of Suther- 

 land, on the 22nd of September, 1887, I shot a Stock Dove; 

 and on May 19th of the present year 1 found a nest close to 

 the same spot. 



That, having once reached the cultivated lands which are 

 bordered by the Moray Firth, this species should rapidly 

 spread, is not surprising ; but by what route the extension 

 took place is so far unknown to us, though the eastern sea- 

 board would seem to be the most probable one, there being 

 no large area of uncultivated land or high mountain-ranges 

 to impede it. 



Yours &c., 



T. E. Buckley. 



The Monach Islands and Dr. John MacRury. — We have 

 again letters both from Sir John Campbell-Orde and from 

 Mr. John Harvie-Brown, respecting the proper spelling of 

 these names, which have been unfortunately incorrectly given 

 on former occasions {of. Ibis, 1888, p. 492, and 1889, 

 pp. 135, 260). 



Naturalists in Foreign Parts. — Mr. Meade -Waldo and 

 Canon Tristram again fled from the horrors of an English 

 spring this year, and took refuge in the benign climate 

 of the Canaries. During their explorations of the little- 

 known island of La Palraa of this group they were fortunate 

 enough to make the discovery of a new Finch and a new 

 Titmouse. The former has been already described by Canon 

 Tristram as Fringilla palmce, and the latter by Mr. Meade- 

 Waldo as Parus palmensis (see Ann. N. H. ser. 6, vol. iii. 

 pp. 489, 490). We hope to be able to give full details 

 respecting these interesting species and a general account of 

 the expedition in a future number of ' The Ibis.'' 



Capt. Page, of the Argentine navy, has planned a new 

 expedition for the survey of the Pilcomayo, an important 



