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the ground, had re-entered the run beyond the trap, and so escaped. Tbe 

 holes were filled in, and in two days the same thing occurred again. The 

 trap had not been sprung in either instance. — J. A, Foster ; Ililston, Hull, 

 January 10, 1874. 



White's Thrush near Grampound^ Cornwall. — One of the keepers of 

 Mr. C. T. Hawkins, of Trewithen, in the parish of Probus, killed a day or 

 two since what proves to be a valuable addition to our Cornish Avifauna, 

 in a very fine specimen of White's thrush, which was kindly conveyed to 

 me by the courteous attention of his steward, Mr. W. Trethewey, who at 

 once detected it as different from any other thrush he had ever seen, and 

 forwarded it to me for my museum. It differs in no one particular from 

 the bird shot by (I think) Lord Malmsbury, which is described by Mr. 

 Yarrell, in his ' British Birds.' I think it therefore superfluous to give a 

 description of the plumage, and shall content myself by giving the following 

 particulars, which will answer the purpose of the ' Zoologist ' in every 

 respect : — 



Length ...... 12J inches. 



Tarsus - - - - - - Ij „ 



From carpal joint to end of first quill - - 6i ,. 



Wings extended ..... 204 „ 



Weight, CJ ounces. Number of taU-featbers, 14. 



Mr. Trethewey writes, " The bird attracted the notice of the keeper for 

 some weeks before he had an opportunity of shooting it. Each time he saw 

 it, it was feeding in some marshy ground near some ponds, and when dis- 

 turbed it flew to another portion of the water. The keeper thought it was a 

 species of water- fowl. The cry was very much like that of the common thrush, 

 but tbe habits quite diilerent." — E. H. Rodd ; Penzance, Jan. 15, 1874. 



Siskins near Ulansficld. — On the 10th of November a flock of siskins 

 were seen on the alders round my pond : I shot eight of them. They were 

 in very good plumage, the yellow on the males being very bright. They 

 were about for a week, and I saw from fifteen to twenty of them : there 

 were also a few redpolls in the flock. They reminded me very much of the 

 tits, as I saw them hang in a great variety of attitudes in order to get at 

 tbe seeds in the cones. The ground beneath the trees was scattered all 

 over with fragments of cones and the husks of the seeds. The birds were 

 very tame, and allowed me to get quite close to the tree, so that I had 

 a good opportunity of observing their movements. — J. Whitaker, jun. ; 

 Eainn-orth Lodge, Mansfield. 



The lesser Redpoll not in Spitsbergen. — My friend Mr. Eaton was 

 good enough to give to the Museum of the University of Cambridge the 

 skin of the redpoll mentioned by him (Zool. S. S. 3805—3808) as having 

 been obtained in Spitsbergen. It is that of the true Fringilla linaria of 



