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haliaetiis). I was about fifteen yards from the bird on three 

 different days, and the last time it had a trout of about half a 

 pound in its claws and flew straight over my head, about ten 

 yards up, not seeming to take much notice of me. 



M. A. HORSFALL. 



MIGRATION OF PINTAIL FROM DENMARK TO 

 FINLAND. 



No less than four Pintail Ducks {Anas acuta) marked with 

 Herr Chr. C. Mortensen's rings on the Island of Fano on the 

 west coast of Denmark, have been recovered in Finland. The 

 first was marked on September 21st, 1908, and shot in Finnish 

 Lappland, near the hamlet of Kemijarvi, on August 4th, 1909, 

 being accompanied by two half-fledged ones. The distance 

 travelled was about 1,610 kilometres. The second was 

 marked on October ist, 1908, and was also shot in Finnish 

 Lappland, in the village of Vuontisjarvi, in September 1912, 

 having travelled about 1,640 kilometres. The third, an old 

 drake, marked on October 19th, 1909, was shot on April 

 24th, 1910, at Krykslatt, Pikkala, Kalfo, in south Finland, 

 the distance travelled being about 1,060 kilometres. The 

 fourth was marked at the end of September 1908, and was 

 found dead in the lake of Nulusjarvi, parish of Muonio, in 

 Finnish Lappland, in the last days of May 1914. The distance 

 travelled was about 1,620 kilometres. H. W. Robinsox. 



GREEN SHANKS IN SURREY. 

 On August 30th, 1919, I observed at Hedgcourt Pond near 

 East Grinstead, two Greenshanks {Tringa nebtilaria) which 

 were in company with a single Redshank {T. totanns.) 



H. H. Farwig. 



POMATORHINE SKUA IN MONMOUTHSHIRE. 



As the Pomatorhine Skua {Stercorarius pomarinus) is a scarce 

 visitor to the west, it may be worth recording that one was 

 shot on October 31st, 1919, near Pontypool, Monmouthshire. 

 I saw it in the flesh and it was in a very emaciated condition. 



R. C. Banks. 



SPOTTED CRAKE IN ROSS-SHIRE. 



On June 24th, 1919, a Spotted Crake {Porzana porzana), 

 which had been killed by striking a telegraph wire, was 

 picked up close to his house by Mr. MacNicoU, who has a 

 trout hatchery at Ardgay on the Ross-shire side of the Dornoch 



