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GLOSSY IBIS IN CUMBERLAND. 

 Ox October 19th, 1920, a Glossy Ibis {Plegadis f. falcinellus) 

 was shot at Moor House, near Carlisle. It is the first and 

 only record for Cumberland. L. E. Hope. 



VELVET-SCOTER IN CHESHIRE. 

 Ox the rocks of Hilbre Island, at the mouth of the River Dee, 

 and in the water close under them I saw on October 30th, 

 1921, a flock of thirty Common Scoters {Qidemia n. nigra) 

 and with them a female or young male Velvet-Scoter {Oidemia 

 J. fnsca) ; I had a good view of the latter both in flight and 

 on the water. On November 12th the flock had increased to 

 about fifty birds, and included two Velvet-Scoters, similar in 

 plumage to the one previously seen. Though seen from time 

 to time on the coasts of Lancashire and North Wales, the 

 Velvet-Scoter has not been recorded previously from Cheshire. 



A. W. Boyd. 



RED-NECKED PHALAROPE IN SOMERSET. 

 A Red-xecked Phalarope {Phalaropus lohatits) was shot 

 at Blagdon Reservoir, Somerset, by Mr. Smythe, of But- 

 combe, on September 21st, 1921. I saw it in the flesh on 

 September 24th and again examined the skin on October 4th 

 at Mr. Whish's studio, Lympsham, Somerset, whither the 

 bird had been sent for preservation. This is the first known 

 occurrence in the county. Staxley Lewis. 



SABINE'S GULL IN CUMBERLAND. 



Ox October 8th, 192 1, an immature female Sabine's Gull 

 {Xema sahini) was shot by a local fowler on Newton Marsh, 

 near Carlisle. It is in first autumn plumage, with the brownish 

 grey bars on the upper-parts, but has commenced to moult, 

 a few grey-blue feathers having appeared on the wing-coverts. 

 It is the second example recorded for Cumberland. 



L. E. Hope. 



Mr. Chance's Film of the Cuckoo. — Mr. Edgar Chance 

 has already described in these pages his work on the Cuckoo 

 during 1918, 1919 and 1920 (see Vols. XII., pp. 182-4 '• 

 XIII., pp. 90-5 ; XIV., pp. 218-232) and this summer (1921) 

 he has continued this work with very interesting and valuable 

 results. Acting on the knowledge gained in previous years, 

 and adopting more or less the same plan, he was able to 

 predict when and where the Cuckoo would lay with such 

 accuracy that Mr. E. Hawkins, concealed in a "hide" near 

 the Meadow-Pipit's nests, successfully " filmed " the Cuckoo 



