3062 THE ZooLocist—May, 1872. 
through the unsawn portion of the horn, which fell to the ground, a weight 
of eight pounds anda half. The state of the under surface of the horn 
showed how necessary the operation had become; the sore on the nose was 
found to be a serious affair, but is now rapidly healing, and the thanks of 
all naturalists are due to Mr. Bartlett for having so skilfully accomplished a 
most difficult and dangerous task.—Hdward Newman. 
Spring Arrivals in Guernsey—On the 9th of April I heard a cuckoo; one 
had been seen the day before in the same place, and there was a report of 
their having been seen some days before. I did not hear it till the 13th, 
when I heard it several times on the cliffs. Here it is supposed that the 
cuckoo does not begin to sing till about twelve days after the ‘“ mackerel 
bird” has arrived: this bird, which I heard on the 5th of April, is known 
under many names here, as “ cuckoo’s mate,” “ cuckoo pilot,” &c., but under 
the name of wryneck it is not known at all. On the 23rd of March I saw 
two wheatears: is not this rather early for them? On the 13th of April two 
ruffs were brought to me by Mr. Cook: I do not know what day they were 
shot, but it must have been but a short time before, as they do not keep 
long in this weather, and they were still fresh. They were apparently 
young birds, in change of plumage; neither had the ruff. One had yellow 
legs, the other greenish. I think one is a reeve.—C. B. Carey; Candie, 
Guernsey. 
Spring Arrivals in Nottinghamshire.—Chiffchaff and willow wren, at 
Ramsdale, March 29. Wheatear, at Ramsdale, March 30. Sand martin, 
at Wilford, April 2. House swallow, at Ramsdale, April 3. Yellow wagtail, 
at Ramsdale, April 10.—J. Whitaker, jun. ; Ramsdale House, Notts. 
Spring Arrivals at Bury, —I heard the note of the wryneck at Elmswell, 
about two miles from here, on the morning of the 1st instant. The note 
was repeated several times, so I have not the slightest doubt on the matter. 
This is the earliest arrival of this bird I ever knew here, where it rarely 
appears before the 8th or 10th.—T. G. Tuck; Tostock House, Bury St. 
Edmunds, Suffolk, April 6, 1872. 
Arrival of Spring Migrants.— Swallow.—First seen on the 2nd of April, a 
fine day, thermometer 49° at 9 a.m. No more swallows observed until the 
Sth. In the ‘Times’ of March 18, the Rev. F. O. Morris announces the 
appearance of a swallow on the 8th of the month, and he remarks that 
swallows are recorded as having been seen every month in the year; but 
this is contrary to my experience, though I have been a close observer of 
their habits and migration for some thirty years, and no one could have 
-been better placed for carrying on these observations. A reference to the 
pages of the ‘ Zoologist’ will, I think, show that the earliest arrivals, as well 
as the latest departures, have been recorded here, but I never saw a swallow 
