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he went out with his gun, and after a long chase succeeded in procuring it. 
On October 22nd I got a Grey Phalarope, shot on the 21st in the same 
locality ; it is in fine winter plumage. On November 5th I was shown by 
Kew, the Louth birdstuffer, a very fine Tengmalm’s Owl, Nyctala Teng- 
malmi, shot on October 22nd by the son of the Rev. J. Pretyman, of 
Carlton, on the sandhills near Saltfleet Haven. It is a mature bird, the 
plumage somewhat injured in shooting ; sex undetermined. This bird must 
have arrived with the same winds (N. and N.W.) which brought the great 
flight of Woodcocks on our coast from Flamborough to Cromer on the night 
of October 18th and morning of the 19th, and again on the 22nd, along 
with large numbers of Short-eared Owls and other immigrants.—JouHN 
Corpraux (Great Cotes, Ulceby). 
Nestine or Monracu’s Harrter.—Seeing Capt. Hadfield’s remarks on 
Mr. Walter Raine’s note in ‘The Zoologist’ for September (p. 404), I take’ 
the liberty to correct Mr. Raine’s statement respecting the nest, &c. The 
nest was about two feet from the ground, but made on the top of a thick 
cover of brambles near the edge of a large wood, and made of sedges, grass, 
and rushes, large and flat, with a very little hollow in the centre slightly 
lined with sheep’s wool. It contained one egg, which I took. The egg is 
pale blue, smaller than those of the Hen Harrier, and not marked, except 
by one or two green spots, which I thought were stains from some of the 
nest material. The bird was startled off its nest by the sound of my gun, 
which drew my attention to the place. In its flight it never rose more than 
three feet from the ground, remaining at that height as it flew down the 
side of the adjoining field. Whence Mr. Raine obtained his information 
respecting the nest, its materials, and the date of finding, I do not know, 
as he took no notes whilst I was describing the nest to him, and must have 
written from memory—a very uncertain method. I may add that I 
did not name the egg myself, but left that to others who inspected my 
collection.—Grorer A. Wippas (Leeds). 
Buackcoar 1x IRELAND.— Having read in ‘ The Zoologist’ for November 
(p. 488) a record of the occurrence of the Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla, at 
Oldeastle, Co. Meath, in which Mr. Benson makes the remark that ‘‘ This 
is, I think, the only instance noted this year of the occurrence of this bird 
in Ireland,” I wish to offer the following observation:—On May 13th my 
friend Mr. R. M. Barrington gave me the opportunity of observing several 
Blackcaps at his residence, Fassaroe, near Bray, Co. Wicklow, when 
I made myself familiar with their thrilling and unmistakable song. On 
May 17th I heard and saw several near Enniskerry, in the neighbourhood 
of Fassaroe. On May 29th I heard the song of and saw the Blackcap at 
Woodlands, Co. Dublin. On June 19th I saw and heard Blackcaps in full 
song in several places at Powerscourt, Co. Wicklow. On June 22nd, 
