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ranging from about one to two inches in length; some hard, round, white, 
and pointed at head and tail; others broad and flat at one end for nearly 
half their length, then suddenly narrower. In the case of the other 
I found two worms, two inches and a quarter or more, between the throat 
and skin: these were all similar to the hard round worms mentioned above. 
Both birds were in good condition.—E. F. Becnrr (Southwell, Notts). 
[We should have been glad to have received specimens, which might 
have been forwarded safely in a small test-tube filled with any kind of 
spirit.— Ep. ] 
Tue TracHEA or THE SpoonsitL.—Messrs. Pratt & Son, of Brighton, 
have had two Spoonbills sent to them for preservation. One was shot at 
Littlehampton. on October 9th, the other at Shoreham on the 11th. Yarrell, 
in the third edition of his ‘ British Birds,’ mentions that the trachea of 
the Spoonbill has “a figure of eight” convolution in front of the lungs. 
Montagu, in his ‘Ornithological Dictionary,’ also mentions this convolution, 
which he says occurs before the trachea enters the cavity of the chest. 
I examined the bodies of both the birds (one of which was certainly a male, 
and the other was shot and rather decomposed about the loins, but was also, 
I am almost certain, a male), but in neither of them did I find the convolu- 
tion mentioned. As Montagu has expressed his surprise that Willughby did 
not observe the reflections of the windpipe in the bird he examined, it may 
be interesting to your readers to know that it was wanting in both 
the specimens examined by me.—Hursert Laneron (Brighton House 
Dispensary, Queen's Road, Brighton). 
[Yarrell has referred to certain instances in which this peculiarity was 
absent.—Ep. ] 
Brackxcare 1n Co. Mratu.—I have just received a Blackcap Warbler, 
which was shot at Oldcastle, Co. Meath, by Mr. Alfred Blandford. This is, 
I think, the only instance noted this year of the occurrence of this bird in 
Ireland. The specimen in question is a fine adult male, and was chasing 
another of the same species when shot by my friend.—Cuartus W. Benson 
(Rathmines School, Dublin). 
(The Blackcap is a regular summer visitant to Ireland, but is very local 
there.—Ep.} 
RovuGu-LeccGeD BuzzarpD NEAR BxiacKspurn.—On the 11th October 
Mr. J. E. Hoyle, of this town, shot a Rough-legged Buzzard on Haslingden 
Moor. ‘The bird, which is an extremely rare visitant to this district, is an 
immature male in capital plumage.—Roxserr J. Howarp (Blackburn). 
SHorr Lark NEAR Bricutron. — Messrs. Pratt have, alive at the 
present time, a Shore Lark, in splendid plumage, which was caught near 
Rottingdean by some birdcatchers, on the 16th October. — H. Laneron 
(Brighton). 
