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They were very demonstrative, flying overhead and uttering 
their plaintive cry. I think they had young, but though I 
looked around for the nest I was unable to find it. This is, 
I believe, the first time that this species has been met with in 
the breeding season in Radnorshire, and I hope to revisit 
the place this year to see if they have established themselves 
there. OwENn R. OwEN. 
LESSER TERN IN RADNORSHIRE. 
ON September 23rd, 1915, a Lesser Tern (Sterna a. albifrons) 
was picked up in a very exhausted state on the banks of the 
River Teme, close to Knighton. It died two days after 
capture. Owen R. Owen. 
GREAT SKUAS ON YORKSHIRE COAST. 
Durtine the first week in November, 1917, two Great Skuas 
(Stercorarvus s. skua) were shot on the Yorkshire coast near 
Flamborough. One of them was a very old bird and the other 
immature, the latter being much the larger bird. They are 
now in the Kendal Museum. H. W. Rostnson. 
LITTLE AUK IN CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 
On February 17th, 1918, in a field at Coton. near Cambridge, 
I found the decomposed remains of a Little Auk (Alle alle). 
The bird had evidently been killed by a Hawk or Owl. as 
the head was missing. Mavup D. Havinann. 
An Onp Recorpd oF RosE-COLOURED STARLING IN 
FiintsHirze.—In British Birds, 1X, p. 273, Mr. T. A. Coward 
gives an extract from the London Journal, September 21st, 
1861, relating to the recent capture of a Rose-coloured Starling 
(Pastor roseus) at the Point of Air light, and suggests that 
this is probably the same specimen as that recorded by Mr. 
A. O. Walker as killed in 1862 (circ. December) at the same 
place. While looking over some early volumes of the Field 
I found the same paragraph printed in the issue for August 
31st, 1861, where it is given as an extract from Hddowes’ Shrews- 
bury Journal. It is evident that the bird could not have 
been killed in September, as suggested by Mr. Coward, but 
probably the correct date is some time in August, 1861. 
BH Cres 
Aw OLD RECORD OF THE GOSHAWK IN STAFFORDSHIRE.— 
Mr. J. R. B. Masefield informs us that in the Guide to the 
Birds tin the Hull Museum, p. 10, it is stated that: “ In Sir 
Henry Boynton’s Collection, given to Hull, the Goshawk 
was shot at Uttoxeter in the act of killing a Partridge in 
1857.” There are only two previous records of the Goshawk 
(Acciptter g. gentilis) for Staffordshire. 
