1950 The Zoologist — December, 1869. 



with its branches is black, the remaining nerviires are brown. Stigma 

 brown, with a pale inner margin. 



The images appearing, according to onr observation, in July, points 

 to the conclusion that there are two generations in the year, the second 

 of which most probably winters in the cocoon. I think I remember 

 to have seen the larva; of the second brood, but as I have not made 

 any nolo of this circumstance, I cannot state it as a fact. 



Ornilholoffical Notes from Slirlivgshire : July to October, 1869 (continued from 

 S. S. 1799). — July 13. To-flay received a pure wliite egg of the kestrel, which was 

 tiiken out of the bird, on the 11th of May, in Selkirkshire. Note. — Also this year 

 received an almost pure white e;:p; of the merlin from the same locality, which was 

 taken fnnn the nest : a few small black specks at the large end faded much shortly after 

 it was taken from the nest. 



Aufi'ist 4. A while jackdaw, which has been frequenting this locality for some 

 time, first observed by me to-day. I watched him for some time through a glass : 

 strictly speaking, his colour was not white, but a dull ashy or silvery gray, the head 

 and breast being of a darker or smokier? tinge. He was much persecuted by others 

 of the tribe, as well as by the rooks, though al the same lime, individually, they 

 seemed rather afraid of him. Since the above date I have seen him repeatedly, but 

 of late he has disappeared. 



August 6. But few birds have as yet arrived at the coast. I shot a couple of 

 oystercatchers and some other common species, but saw nothing rare there to-day. 



August 21. A local collector here informed me to-day that in one small wood he 

 this season discovered two pairs of nighijars' eggs and one pair of young birds: the 

 wood is not above two acres in extent. 



September 1. Whilst partridge shooting to-day, near the river-side, I saw dis- 

 tinctly a green sandpiper — the first I have heard of in this county. 



September 6. Saw plenty of sanderlings on the coast, and shot four specimens. 



September 7. Not a sanderling to be seen, though other species were as abundant 

 as usual. Got one whimbrel out of a company of three: these birds, I believe, in 

 autumn are commoner on the east coast than on the west. Barlailed godwits were 

 not quite so numerous as in some seasons. 



October 18. Gray plover in considerable numbers on the coast: I saw twelve in 

 one flock, and shot three others: a distinct though faint shade of golden colour was 

 visible on the feathers of the back. Saw a flock of about twenty shielducks, principally 

 males, and a good many other ducks out at sea. 



October 20. Only saw one gray plover at the coast, but there were few birds on 

 the beach of any kind. 



October 29. Woodcocks, as usual here, arrived with the first frost of the last two 

 days, and snipe also; the latter in considerable numbers. Ducks are now plentiful on 

 the Firth. — John A. Harvie Bruwn ; Dunipace House, Falkirk. 



Rare Birds near Hastings.— A little gull was shot from a boat a few days ago: it 

 was flying in company with terns at the time. A fiue raven and a female snow 



