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the occurrence of " stragglers," here is an occasion to thiixk 

 again. We hope that Mr. Clarke's observations will induce 

 some of our readers, who have opportunities for doing so, 

 to go out in boats in the dusk of the evening and study 

 Shearwaters. 



With reference to the rosy tint of the breast referred to by 

 Dr. N. F. Ticehurst {antea, p. 138) Mr. Clarke writes as 

 follows : — "I have examined a good many freshly-killed, 

 as well as a couple of Hving, specimens, and none of them 

 showed the shghtest sign of any rosy tint on the breast." 



^ ^ ^ H. F. WlTHERBY. 



Golden Oriole in Lincolnshire. — A specimen of Oriolus 

 galhula, which is a somewhat rare visitor so far north as 

 Lincolnshire, flew against a telegraph wire " recently " 

 (? August, 1908) at Gainsborough (F. M. Burton, Nat, 1908, 

 p. 359). 



Swallow's Nest on a Lamp Shade. — The nest of a 

 Swallow on the shade of an electric-lamp is recorded and a 

 photograph given, with a summary of previously-recorded 

 curious nesting sites for this bird {Field, 12, ix., 1908, p. 514). 



Lesser Redpoll nesting in Sussex. — Mr. R. Morris 

 reports that at least one pair of Linota rufescens bred again 

 (c/. antea, Vol. I., p. 183) this year at Maresfield {ZooL, 1908, 

 p. 350). 



Chough in Lancashire. — Mr. E. Bell reports that a 

 specimen of Pyrrhocorax graculus was shot near Wigan in the 

 middle of September last. The Chough has previously 

 occasionally wandered to Lancashire {Field, 26, ix., 1908, p. 590). 



Hoopoe in Ross-shire. — Colonel W. H. E. Murray records 

 that an example of Upupa epops was caught at Geanies on 

 September 9th. The Hoopoe is not often recorded from 

 Scotland {Field, 19, ix., 1908, p. 547). 



Sand-Grouse in Essex. — " R. M." reports that an 

 example of SyrrJiaptes paradoxus was shot on Great Mollands 

 Farm, South Ockenden, on September 1st, 1908 {Field, 12, 

 IX., 1908, p. 514). 



Ruff in co. Clare. — A pair of Machetes pugnax, a rare 

 casual visitor to Ireland, were shot on September 4th in co. 

 Clare (H. V. Macnamara, Field, 12, ix., 1908, p. 514). 



Sabine's Gull in Norfolk. — On September 1st, 1908, 

 a Xema sahinii was shot on Breydon (F. A. Arnold, ZooL, 

 1908, p. 352). The bird was an adult in full summer plumage 

 (J. H. Gurney, in litt.). 



