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denizens of bare roeky mountains, from the bear and ibex 

 down to the mountain fincb.'^ 



I am, Sirsj 



Yours, &c., 



P. T. L. DODSWORTH. 



* Carlton Gi'ove/ 



Simla, S.W. (Punjab), India. 

 XovtMn1)fv 2iid. 1911. 



Sirs, — In reference to the last para<jra])b on p. 770, 

 ' Ibis,^ vol. V. no. 20, may we point out that the Migration 

 Committee of the British Ornithological Club have recorded 

 the occurrences of the nocturnal visitors at St. Catherine's 

 Lighthouse and at most of the other 1 gbtbouses and light- 

 vessels round the English and Welsh coasts for the last 

 five years, and the accounts of these records will be found 

 in the special reports puldished every year in the "^ Bulletin 

 of the British Ornithological Club.' 



We are, Sirs, 



Yours, &c., 

 The Ji. O. C, Migration Committee. 



[What the Migration Committee states is quite correct, and 

 we regret that there should have been any misunderstanding 

 on the subject. But under the present system the occurrences 

 of birds at St. Catherine's Liglithouse are mixed up with 

 those at the other Light-Stations and have to be picked out 

 by those who wish to study them. Besides, only the 

 autumnal occurrences are given. We still think that a 

 complete list of atl the occurrences at some of the principal 

 lighthouses might be occasionally useful. — Edd.J 



Sirs, — I wish to call the attention of Ornithologists to a 

 recent number of the 'Condor' (vol. xiii. 1911, no. 4) in 

 which Mr. Love Miller has given (p. 58) a short synopsis of 

 our knowledge of the fossil birds of the Pacific coast of North 

 America. The author refers especially to the bird-remains 

 found in the remarkable asplialt-bed of Kancho la-Brea in 



