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storm, and the same may be said with respect to the Herring 

 Gull, Lams arficntatus. A pair or so of the Common Gull, 

 Lanes canus, generally breeds on some peat hags on Punchard 

 Head, in Arkengarth Dale. 



[The last statement appears to require some confirmation. Is tlie writer 

 quite sure that the species is Larus canus ? If so, this is the only known 

 breeding-place of this Gull in England. 



A communication on "Migratory Birds on the Yorkshire Moors" has 

 been received, but the note which accompanied it has been mislaid. The 

 Editor will feel obliged if the writer will forward his name and address that 

 the coraniunication may appear in the next number. — Ed.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



The Ornithological Congress and Exhibition at Vienna.— On the 



4th April an International Ornithological Congress, the first of its kind, 

 initiated by H.I. and R.H. the Crown Prince Rudolph, will be held at 

 Vienna, at which various subjects of interest to sportsmen and naturalists, 

 bird-fanciers, pigeon-fanciers, and poultry-breeders will be brought forward 

 for consideration. Amongst the topics announced for discussion at this 

 Congress, the programme specifies a project for an international law for the 

 protection of birds ; a consideration of the best means for securing an im- 

 provement in the breeding of poultry ; and a suggestion for the establishment 

 of ornithological stations throughout the globe, for the better observation 

 and elucidation of the movements of migratory birds. In connection more 

 or less with this Congress, an International Ornithological Exhibition will 

 be open from x\pril 4th to 14th, which will have considerable attractions 

 for the general public. The exhibits will include live birds of all kinds, 

 whether singly or in groups suitable for the aviary and poultry yard; 

 cages, coops, drinking vessels, baths, nesting boxes, and artificial incubators; 

 devices for the capture and transport of birds ; ancient and modern sporting 

 guns ; hawks' trappings and other articles appertaining to falconry ; objects 

 of scientific interest, whether artistic or industrial ; books, journals, and 

 pamphlets relating to Ornithology ; pictures, sculpture, lithographs and 

 photographs of birds or representing bird-life ; stuffed birds, birds' eggs, 

 natural nests, parasites of birds, pathological preparations, instruments for 

 dissecting and birdstuffing, feathers and plumassiers' work. Special prizes 

 wiU be given for Canaries in song, and there will be an exhibition of artificial 

 incubators in operation, for the best of which special prizes will also be 

 awarded. Fuller particulars may be obtained by addressing the Secretary of 

 the Committee, Dr. Gustav von Hayek, 3, Marokkanergasse, Vienna. 



