OCCASIONAL NOTES. Oh 
Srorm Prerrets 1x YorKSHIRE.—Two of these birds were captured 
inland during October. On the 29th one flew into a person’s face in our 
station-yard, and was knocked down as a Swallow, and taken to Mr. Helstrip, 
birdstuffer, where it died during the night. The other was taken alive at 
Sowerby, near Thirsk, and preserved by Mr. Robert Lee, naturalist, in that 
town.—JAmMrEs BackHouss, Jun. (West Bank, York). 
Lirtte Gut~t on tHe Merszsy.—On November Ist, I received a 
specimen of the Little Gull, Larus minutus, which had been shot on the 
Mersey, off New Brighton. I believe it is the first time that this bird has 
been seen in the locality —W. Bett (St. George’s Mount, New Brighton). 
[In Byerley’s ‘Fauna of Liverpool,’ the Little Gull is stated to have 
been met with near New Ferry, and at Formby.—Ep.] 
Great Grey SHRIKE IN YoRKSHIRE.—I saw a Great Grey Shrike close 
to this village on the 23rd of October. This bird has occurred in the 
West Riding several times before—Joun H. Satrur (Ackworth, near 
Pontefract). 
[The Great Grey Shrike seems to have been more than usually common 
during the present winter. The immigration of this winter visitant seems 
to have commenced during the last week of October, when specimens were 
shot in Northumberland, at Whitley Sands, and at Misterton, Nottingham- 
shire; and during the month of November we noticed its occurrence at 
Laxton (also in Notts); at Brancaster; Holt (Norfolk); Seaton Carew ; 
Tenbury (Worcester); Mere (Wilts); Ringwood (Hants); and Cranleigh 
(Surrey).—EDb. | 
Hoopor in SHerianp.—On 18th October last, a specimen of the 
Hoopoe, Upupa epops, was shot in Unst, and sent to me. It was a female, 
and its stomach was filled with earwigs, Foryicula auricularis.—GEORGE Sim 
(King Street, Aberdeen). 
Correction or Error.—By some mistake in the title of Dr. Hamilton's 
article in the last number of ‘ The Zoologist,’ ‘‘ Sutherland” was printed 
for “Scotland.” The title should have been “ Ornithological Notes from 
W. Scotland.” 
Tur Macraret Season ty Cornwatu.— During the last week of 
November our drift-boats were taking large, fat, and well-flavoured Mackarel 
by thousands per night. Generally catches of this sort do not occur after 
the beginning of June or before the end of February. We are accustomed 
to see small quantities of small Mackarel of very good quality taken with the 
later Pilchards even up to Christmas, but these catches of large fish at 
this time of the year are unusual. Whether they are late fish of the 
current year or early fish of the coming ycar it is impossible to say. A point 
