The Zoologist — November, 1871. 2847 



In the ' Stamford Mercury ' the same -week numerous accounts were 

 given, from most of the Lincolnshire towns, of the same migration. — 

 Thomas Spencer. 



Osprey and Rednecked Phalarope in Kent. — On the 8th of September 

 I obtained a specimen of the osprey on some marshes near Rainham. It is 

 a male, and apparently an immature bird. When I first saw it some 

 peewits were following and mobbing it; afterwards it settled on some 

 saltings near the sea-wall, from which I obtained an easy shot. The 

 stomach was empty. On the 28th of September, near the same place, 

 I shot a rednecked phalarope, a female and bird of the year. When shot 

 it was balancing itself on a reed in one of the " fleets." My attention was 

 called to it by its note, which was unknown to me. The stomach was full 

 of Coleoptera. — G. E. Power; Ladywell, Lewisham, October 18, 1871. 



Ospreys in East Yorkshire. — On the 5th of September las.t a fine female 

 osprey, a bird of the year, was caught in a trap in the neighbourhood of 

 Pocklington. On the Sunday following, an osprey was observed sailing 

 slowly up our river, some few miles above Beverley : it was seen to dash 

 into the water, and secure what my informant behoved to be either a dace 

 or bleak. On the 15th a male, also a bird of the year, was shot at 

 Hotham, a village in this riding, and about ten or twelve miles from 

 Beverley. — F. Boyes; Beverley, October, 1871. 



Hobbies in Norfolk. — Two fine adult female hobbies have been recently 

 obtained in this county ; one on the 7th of June at Beaulaugh, and the 

 other on the 16th instant at Holt. I have preserved both birds. — T. E. 

 Gunn; 5, Upper St. Giles, Norwich, September, 1871. 



Ronghlegged Buzzard near Yarmouth.— A beautifully marked specimen, 

 a male bird, was shot on the 6th of October in the vicinity of Burgh, near 

 Great Yarmouth. — Id. 



Marsh Harrier at St. Mary's, Scilly.— I saw a good specimen of this 

 harrier in Mr. Vingoe's hands just now, which he received from Mr. Pechell, 

 who kUled it on St. Mary's. The upper surface of the head and occiput 

 are cream-yellow, and the same colour pervades the chin and throat. The 

 whole of the rest of the plumage is a very dark chocolate-brown. — Edtvard 

 Hearle Rodd; Penzance, October 17, 1871. 



Marsh Harrier in East Yorkshire.— A young male of this species was 

 shot in this neighbourhood on the 13th instant — quite a rare and accidental 

 occurrence. — F. Boyes; October 20, 187]. 



Flycatcher's Nest in the Body of a dead Jackdaw. — Last year the 

 jackdaws near our place in Kent (West Wickham) were accused of depreda- 

 tions on the cherries, and two or three were shot by the gardener. One of 

 the dead bhds stuck in the fork of a filbert tree in the orchard, about six 

 feet from the ground, the head being turned downwards and the under part 

 of the body being exposed to the air : this having decayed, a pair of spotted 



