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to four is the numter of eggs generally laid. — Edward Charles Moor; 

 Great Bealings, Woodhrklge, Suffolk, March 20, 1871. 



Great Gray Shrike at Ware. — I saw a male specimen of the great gray 

 shrike in my garden at High Oak House, Ware, during last November : it 

 is the only specimen I have ever seen alive. — C. E. Holford. 



White's Thrush in Somersetshire. — A second specimen of this wanderer 

 from the far East was killed in this county on the 6th of January of this 

 year, at Langsford, near the Meudip Hills : it was in open ground, but near 

 a wood, feeding on hawthorn berries, at the time it was shot. I had heard 

 rumours of this bird for some time, but did not like to record it until I had 

 satisfied myself, not only that it was the bird, but also that it was not a 

 foreign skin made up for sale. I had, however, an opportunity of examining 

 it on Saturday, and am quite satisfied on both points. It in every respect 

 resembles the bird killed near Taunton in January, 1870, and recorded by 

 me in the 'Zoologist' for that year (S. S. 2018). — Cecil Smith; Lydeard 

 House, near Taunton, April 20, 1871. 



Variety of Fieldfare near Beverley. — In the latter part of January last 

 a nice variety of the fieldfare was shot near this town, and received by 

 Mr. Richardson, the birdstuffer, to be mounted. The whole of the head 

 and neck was pure white, with the exception of a few speckled feathers of 

 the normal colour on the thi-oat ; the rest of the plumage was variegated 

 ■with white. This is the second variety of this species that has occurred in 

 this neighbourhood witbin the twelvemonth. The other one, shot on the 

 2nd of June last, was also prettily marked with white, and T noticed that 

 the white feathers were freshly moulted : this was very observable in the 

 wings, as some of the white feathers were shorter than the rest, not having 

 got their full growth ; white feathers were also cropping up in various parts 

 of the body, leaving one to suppose that the bird would eventually have 

 been pure white. No doubt the bird was prevented ^om migrating at the 

 proper time through being in such a moulting state. — F. Boyes ; Beverley, 

 March 2, 1871. 



Ring Ouzels: Correction of an Error.— In the 'Zoologist '(S. S. 2509), 

 I remarked on having seen a good many ring ouzels with pied heads in the 

 foreign museums. Since I came home three others have come under my 

 notice, viz. two in Mr. Bond's fine collection and one in Mr. Gunn's. It is 

 therefore evident that this variety is not confined to the Continent, as 

 I supposed. — J. H. Gurney, jun. ; 2, Beta Place, Alpha Road, London, 

 N.W., Ajn-il 11, 1871. 



Early Chiffchaff. — I think the arrival of the chiffchaff on March 24th, and 

 singing every day since, is a very early and remarkable occurrence, being 

 three weeks at least earlier than in other years. — E. C.Moor; March 27 th. 



Disappearance of the Longtailcd Tit. — Through the medium of the 

 ' Zoologist,' I am desirous of ascertaining whether the disappearance of the 



