
24 BRITISH BIRDS. {VoL. XI. 
wing-formula, however, was more like that of the Blackbird, 
this being especially noticeable in the sixth primary which 
was 7 mm. shorter than the longest primary, whereas in the 
Song-Thrush it is 12-18 mm. shorter. H F. WITHERBY. 
LitrLE GULL NEAR GuLascow.—-Mr. D. Macdonald gives 
an account (Glasgow Nat., 1916, pp. 36-7) of an example of 
Larus minulus (a rare visitor to west Scotland), which he 
saw on several occasions between May 16th and 21st, 1916, 
hawking for insects over a marsh between Bardowie and 
Summerston. 
MEMORIAL TO THE LATE CapTaiIn F. C. Sztous, D.S.O.— 
A strong Committee has been formed under the Chairman- 
ship of the Rt. Hon. E. $8. Montagu, M.P., to establish a 
national memorial to the late Captain F. C. Selous, D.S.O. 
The Committee has decided, with the permission of the 
Trustees of the British Museum, to erect a bas-relief, with 
suitable inscription, in the Natural History Museum, South 
Kensington, where many of the trophies of the great hunter’s 
skill are exhibited. It believes, however, that there is a 
very general desire among Captain Selous’s friends and 
admirers that some additional and less local form of memorial 
should also be established. Several forms have been sug- 
gested, of which the one that appears to find most general 
approval is the foundation of a Selous Scholarship at his old 
school, Rugby, on the basis that preference will be given 
at each election to the sons of officers who have fallen in the 
war. 
There will be many readers of British Birds who will be 
glad to be associated with this movement to perpetuate the 
memory of Captain Selous, and subscriptions should be sent 
to the Honorary Treasurer, C. E. Fagan, Esq., Selous 
Memorial, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, 
London, S.W. 7. 
EFFECTS OF THE RECENT ABNORMAL WEATHER ON BiIRDs. 
—The arrival of migrants has evidently been erratic this 
spring, and we should be glad of information concerning 
abnormally late or early dates with a view to compiling a 
note on the subject. 
Similarly we should be glad if our readers would send 
details concerning any diminution in the numbers of resident 
birds, which they have noticed. Such details should be as 
precise as possible and give an idea of the percentage of 
diminution. It should also be stated if no diminution is 
apparent in one district of a species, which is known to have 
suffered in another district.—THE EDITors. | 
