488 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
30th October one was sent me from an inland parish, some miles from 
the sea, and—from its size and the greater intensity of the dark brown 
dorsal plumage—I should think it will prove to be a male.—Epwarp 
Hearve Ropp (Penzance). 
SHOVELLER AND Bar-TaILep Gopwir at Repcar.—On August 2nd 
I shot a female Shoveller, Anas clypeata, at the Tees-mouth. It was one 
of a brood which had evidently been reared in the locality, and several 
otheis were obtained in a neighbouring marsh. On the same day I also 
procured a fine specimen of the Bar-tailed Godwit in full summer plumage, 
one of a pair which appeared unusually early, the large flights not arriving 
until the end of August or beginning of September.—T. H. Netson (Redcar). 
OrniITHOLOGIcAL Notes From West CUMBERLAND.—A Peregrine was 
seen last March near Hall Bolton, in Gosforth parish, by a gamekeeper, who 
was sufficiently near the bird to distinguish a white feather in its left wing. 
I heard of a Raven’s nest on Skiddaw, and on March 26th, after a toilsome 
climb through bitter sleet and snow, reached it and found six eggs. The 
two specimens I took were exceedingly hard set. Soon after I-heard that 
three young Ravens had been taken from another nest on Skiddaw, and 
were for sale. I sent for one of them, and kept him for about a month, at 
the end of which time he got loose, and, after once or twice circling round 
above the house, made off for the mountains, where I trust he still lives. 
From a Buzzard’s nest on Miterdale Head Crag, in Eskdale, a perfectly 
white egg was taken, on April 6th, and sent to me. There were two more 
nests near. A pair of Goosanders were seen on Wastwater on April 22nd; 
the duck, I regret to say, was shot and eaten, and the drake soun left. The 
Swallow was first seen on April 26th, and the Cuckoo first heard the 
following day. On April 28th some eggs of the Common Snipe, hard set, 
were brought to me, These birds breed here in increasing numbers every 
year. The Landrail was first heard on May 11th, and on May 18th 
I found a Grey Wagtail’s nest containing five eggs. A female Golden 
Oriole was shot in the adjoining parish of Irton in 1857, and a Hoopoe was 
killed at Calder Abbey, Beckermont parish, in 1851, both of which were 
preserved. A Solan Goose, rare in this district, was shot on the coast at 
Braystones last winter. After the late severe gales 1 found several Puffins 
dead on the beach, which had evidently been blown and washed across from 
the Isle of Man. I hear, on good authority, that a pair of White-winged 
Crossbills were observed several times in the Hall Santon Woods, in Irton 
parish, in the summer of 1878. The Common Crossbill is not uncommonly 
seen in the larch woods at Hall Santon.—Cuaries A. Parker (Gosforth, 
Carnforth). 
“NyxmurDER” A Name For THE BurcHEr-BIRD.—I venture to 
sugyest that the derivation for this term given on p. 404 (footnote) is not 
