348 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Snow-Geese in co. Mayo. — A flock of four Chen hyperboreus 

 were seen flying over Bartragh Island by Mr. Claud Kirkwood 

 " a day or so after December 29th, 1908." They were easfly 

 recognised by their snow-white plumage and black-tipped 

 wings (R. Warren, ZooL, 1909, p. 77). For previous records 

 of this species in the same district see page 27 of the present 

 volume. 



Gad WALL IN FiFESHiRE. — A young male Chaulelasmus 

 streperus was shot near Tayport on November 14th, 1908. 

 The bird is of irregular occurrence on the east coast of 

 Scotland (W. Berry, Ann. S.N.H., 1909, p. 49). 



Garganey Breeding in East Yorkshire. — Mr. W. H. 

 St. Quintin, of Scampston, East Yorkshire, writes to the 

 " Naturalist " (1909, p. 38) that an entirely A\dld pair of 

 Garganey {Querquedula circia) made a nest in May, 1908, near 

 the River Derwent, the female laying some eight eggs. These, 

 being in a dangerous place, were taken, and from them four 

 drake and two duck Garganeys were reared. 



Adult Long-tailed Duck Inland. — An adult female 

 Harelda glacialis was shot on the Spey forty miles from the 

 sea in October, 1908 (J. R. Pelham Burn, Ann. S.N.H., 1909, 



p. 49). 



Turtle-Do ve in co. Donegal in Winter. — An adult 

 male Turtur communis (scarce at any time in Ireland) was 

 shot among some Wood- Pigeons near Muff, co. Donegal, on 

 November 30th, 1908 (D. C. Campbell, Irish Nat., 1909, 

 p. 56). 



Supposed Great Bustard in Yorkshire. — Mr. J. Morley 

 records in the "Zoologist" (1909, p. 78) that a Mr. Bennett 

 shot a Great Bustard near Scarborough " about last Christmas- 

 time," which he had cooked and found superior in delicacy to 

 a Turkey ! Although the skin was not preserved, we find 

 on enquiry that two of the tail-feathers were, and Mr. 

 Oxley Grabham informs us that these have been positively 

 identified as those of a female Silver-Pheasant ! It is well to 

 make sure of the facts before putting into print the record of 

 a rarity. 



Erratum. — We regret that in the last number, on p. 310, 

 the scientific name of Montagu's Harrier was given by a slip 

 as Circus ceruginosus instead of C. cineraceus. — Eds. 



