424 THE ZOOLOGIS?. . 
Aug. 80. Between Redcar and Teesmouth, “a few”; Flamborough Head, 
“scores.” ; 
», 31. Between Redcar and Teesmouth; and at Ipswich. 
Sept. 1. Teesmouth, ten or twelve, “none seen here afterwards”; and 
Bedford, ‘ several.” 
» 2. Scarborough; Masham; Uttoxeter; and Hornsea Mere, 
“ hundreds.” 
» 98. Bridlington Quay: and Ipswich, flying S. 
» 6. Grantown-on-Spey; Riccal Common, near Barnsley; and about 
"- the Abbey Church, Selby, Yorkshire. 
» 7%. Loch Tay; and Worcester. 
»» 8. Remony, Loch Tay; Glenisla, near Alyth; and Gt. Chesterford. 
», 10. Penarth, “two”; and Castle Lough, Killaloe, Tipperary. 
» 12. On the Waveney, near Lowestoft; Great Cotes, Ulceby; and 
Ryde, Isle of Wight, “a solitary bird.” 
», 15. A single bird, over the River Wharfe, near Wetherby, Yorkshire. 
In the marshes of North Lincolnshire, during the past summer, 
Mr. Cordeaux has remarked how much higher than usual the Swifts have 
flown when hawking for food; showing that, notwithstanding the cold, wet, 
and ungenial weather, and the constant occurrence of heavy rains, the small 
insects they seek must have taken to a higher level, and been especially 
abundant in the upper regions of air. The why and the wherefore of this 
he leaves to meteorologists. It is doubtless in some manner connected 
with a peculiar state of the atmosphere, and the amount of moisture with 
which it is charged.—J. E. Harrine. 
ArtempTeD InrropuctTion- or THE NutHatcH ito IreLanp.—In 
reply to your letter of enquiry about my attempt to introduce the Nuthatch 
into Ireland, I am sorry to say that I have not been very successful in my 
experiments. In the summer of 1877 Mr. Borrer, of Cowfold, Sussex, gave 
me seven young birds. I reared and sent to Ireland five of these, but 
unfortunately, the second or third day after their arrival, four died quite - 
suddenly. They seemed perfectly well in the evening, but early the 
following morning my keeper found them dead in the bottom of their cage. 
Last year (1878) Mr. Borrer gave me eleven more young birds. Of these 
the keeper to whom I entrusted them at the Zoological Gardens, only 
succeeded in rearing two, which lived well and quietly together in the same 
cage until last January, when, without any previous warning, one set upon 
and killed the other. I was thus left with one bird from each year, and 
these I turned out last spring, but I do not know whether or not they are 
a pair. On the receipt of your letter I wrote to ask my keeper whether he 
had seen them since, and I have only just received his answer to say that 
he had never seen the birds after they were turned out. Iam not much 
