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shot at the entrance to Milton Creek. Later in the season, about the 

 latter end of March, the same year, T observed another Little (tuU, with 

 a black head, flying amongst a flock of sheep, having separated itself froiti 

 a flight of the common species flying up our creek. — Walter Prentis 

 (Rainham). 



Snow Bunting in Somersetshire. —Since sending you a notice last 

 month of a Snow Bunting being picked up at Lodway, I hear from 

 Mr. John Marshall, of Taunton, of one having been shot in fine plumage 

 on November 5th, 1883, near Huntspill. — PtOGER Ford (Wraxall Court, 



Nailsea, Somerset). 



Occurrence of the Common Sandpiper in Winter. — In last month's 

 issue (p. 73) I note tbe occurrence of the Common Sandpiper, Totanus 

 hypoleucus, Linn., in winter, mentioned by Mr. W. E. Beckvvith. 1 shot 

 one on January 15th last on the rocks by the sea below the village of 

 Glandore. Tlie bird was in good condition, and in no way (so far as 

 I could see) suffering from any injury. — C. Donovan, jun. (Myross Wood, 

 Leap, Co. Cork). 



[The bird, which has been obligingly forwarded by our correspondent, is 

 unquestionably the Common Sandpiper {T. hypoleucus). — F,t>.] 



GreenlandF alcon in Co. Donegal.— In the January issue of 'The 

 Zoologist ' (p. 31), Mr. A. G. More stated that I had received a specimen 

 of the Greenland Falcon from Mr. Steward, of Horn Head. On the 1st 

 January I obtained another from the same locality. This specimen is an 

 adult female, in splendid plumage. I have since heard that a third was 

 seen in the same place. — H. Becher (Beechwood, Dalkey, Co. Dublin). 



Long-tailed Duck in Cumberland. — The most unusual visitor to 

 Cumberland that I have come across is a fine drake of Harelda glaciaUs, 

 which I found harbouring on Monkhiil Lough, about three miles from the 

 estuary of the Eden, on January 24th and several subsequent days. — 

 H. A. Macpherson (Carhsle). 



Erratum. — In the paragraph on the "Curious Variety of the Guillemot" 

 (p. 71), the word " average", in line 11, should be " avoirdupois." 



FISHES. 



Turbot coloured on both surfaces. — I have heard, on good authority, 

 of the capture in Penzance Bay of a Turbot coloured on both sides, 

 and having the Turbot " knobs " on each side. The people who got it 

 unfortunately sent it to market instead of forwarding it to me, and so 

 I lost the opportunity of seeing it. The occurrence of the "knobs" on 

 the under side of a self-coloured Turbot is so unusual, if not altogether 

 unique, that the mere report of it seems worth recording, — Thomas 

 Cornish (Penzance). 



