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caterpillars and beetles. This is the tenth record in Great 

 Britain of this species and the third in Yorkshire. Of the nine 

 previous examples, six were obtained between February and 

 May and three in October or November. Since this species is 

 a common spring-migrant to the south of Europe, where the 

 majority arrive in February and leave in October, it is not 

 surprising that it should occasionally wander to the British 

 Isles at the migration periods. 



Claud B. Ticehurst. 



NESTING OF THE GREY LAG-GOOSE IN ORKNEY. 



Common throughout the winter in Orkney fifty or more 

 years ago, the Grey Lag-Goose (A nser cinereus), which appears 

 to be the only Grey Goose occurring in Orkney, seldom seems 

 to visit the islands now except on migration, so a record of a 

 pair nesting on the mainland of Orkney seems to me to be 

 most interesting. In the summer of 1904 a nest containing 

 six eggs was found at Kaileylang, in the parish of Firth, on 

 land belonging to Mr. Scarth of Binscarth. The nest was 

 situated in a deep depression in the ground, surrounded by 

 very long heather, and the eggs were not taken and in all 

 probability hatched off. 



H. W. Robinson. 



RED-BREASTED GOOSE ON THE SEVERN. 



A fine specimen of the Red-breasted Goose (Bernicla 

 ruficollis) was shot on the banks of the Severn on November 

 18th, 1909, and was set up by Mr. Lewis Hutton, Broad Quay, 

 Bristol. It is now in the possession of Mr. H. Knapp, of 

 Salmon Lodge, Oldbury-on-Severn, Gloucestershire, who 

 informs me that it is a splendid specimen in full plumage, 

 and was hardly marked at all by the shot. He presumes it 

 to be a male by the brightness of the plumage, but this is no 

 characteristic of its sex. 



H. W. Robinson. 



LINE OF MIGRATION OF THE SPOTTED CRAKE. 



With regard to my note on this subject (p. 339), I may say 

 that since writing I have seen another Spotted Crake, which 

 was picked up in exactly the same place in the middle of 

 October, 1909, making four specimens in four different years. 



H. W. Robinson. 



