NOTES AND QUERIES. 69" 



" 's birds " (I probably omitted it iu my copy) should be inserted after 

 Tunstall, so that the sentence would read "and probably Tunstall's birds 

 did not either." — Oliver V. Apltn (Great Bourton, near Banbury). 



[Our correspondent appears to have overlooked the remarks on this 

 subject made by Prof. Newton, who in a couple of lines (Yarrell's ' British 

 Birds,' 4th ed. ii. p. 421) has anticipated the suggestion that the records by 

 Tunstall and Gilbert White possibly referred to the same bird. — Ed.] 



Lapwing perching. — The note on Snipe perching (p. 28) reminds me 

 of a somewhat similar occurrence on the part of another of the Grallatores 

 which I witnessed, and which perhaps it may also be worth while to record 

 in the pages of ' The Zoologist.' I was making a walking tour through 

 parts of Wharfedale, Airedale, and Nidderdale (Yorkshire) iu July, 1875, 

 and, when in the neighbourhood of Appletreewick, in Wharfedale, a flock 

 of Lapwings and Starlings rose from a pasture on my approach. They 

 flew only a short distance, I think to the next field, and one of the Lapwings 

 alighted on a stone wall, where it remained for a short time, and then 

 rejoined its companions. I mentioned the fact, which at that time was to 

 me unique, in a letter to the late Mr. W. C. Hewitson, who informed me 

 that it was not an uncommon thing with some waders which do not 

 habitually perch in this country to do so in Norway, but that there they 

 had generally been observed to perch on trees. — J. E. Palmer (Lyons 

 Mills, Straffan, Co. Kildare). 



Little Bustard in Co. Cork.— In ' The Field ' of Dec. 8th I notice the 

 reported occurrence of the Little Bustard, Otis tetrax, near Youghal, men- 

 tioned by Mr. H F. Allin. Will any of your readers kindly tell me 

 whether this is the first of the species observed in this county. I do not 

 find the name of this bird iu Dr. Harvey's ' Fauna of Cork.' By-the-by, 

 has any naturalist continued observations or published a supplemental list 

 since the publication of Dr. Harvey's work? — C. Donovan, jun. (Myross 

 Wood, Leap, Co. Cork). 



Great Grey Shrike in Somersetshire. — A very good specimen of the 

 Great Grey Shrike, Lanius excubitor, was shot near Clevedon on Dec. 15th, 

 1883. Although this may not be considered a very rare bird in tliis 

 county, it is nevertheless far from common. — Roger Ford (Wraxall Court, 

 Somerset). 



[Mr. Cecil Smith, in his ' Birds of Somersetshire,' p. 46, remarks upon 

 the rarity of this species iu his county, and states that at the date of 

 publication (1869) only two specimens had come under his notice. Iu 

 Cornwall also it is regarded as a rare winter visitant. — Ed.] 



Curious Variety of the Blue Tit. — Towards the end of November last 

 a singular variety of the Blue Tit was captured near Oxford. Its colour is 

 a uuiform dull yellow all over, very similar to that of a Canary, but the 



