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Feathers,’ vol. vi., p. 145). Two species of Kingfishers also to my know- 
ledge nidificate in ants’ nests—viz., Halcyon occipitalis confined to the 
Nicobar Islands, and H. chloris, which ranges from India as far south as 
Sumatra. At Mergui, in South Tenasserim, I found a nest of H. chloris 
in a hornets’ nest; and although I saw the birds repeatedly enter the hole 
they had made in the hornets’ nest, the hornets did not seem to mind it, 
but they resented in a very decided manner my attempt to interfere with 
the nest.—Wwm. Davison, in ‘ Nature.’ 
Curious Nest of the Song Thrush_—On Whit Monday, May 25th, I 
found, in the Copgrove Woods, Boroughbridge, a Song Thrush’s nest, 
which to me, and to other members of the Yorkshire Naturalist’s Union 
(who were having an excursion there that day), seemed very curious. It 
was placed among a number of young shoots, covered with green leaves, 
springing from the bole of a tree, and was formed on the outside entirely 
of fresh green shoots and leaves of low-growing plants, the rim at the top 
being of perfectly fresh blades of grass. With the exception of the dung 
lining everything visible about it was green, and the contrast to the ordinary 
nest of this bird formed of dry withered material was most marked. No 
doubt it was done for greater concealment among the surrounding green 
leaves, the colour of which was exceedingly well matched, except for the 
dulness of the nest caused by the withering process, and which would, of 
course, increase every day. Whether the bird had itself plucked off the 
fresh shoots, or they had been thrown out of the gamekeeper's garden, 
which was some fifty yards away, I cannot say. The nest contained one 
egg.—G. T. Porritt (Greenfield House, Huddersfield). 
FISHES. 
Spinous Shark in Galway Bay.— On June 26th a large Spinous 
Shark, Hchinorhynchus spinosus, said to have measured nine feet, was 
aptured in Galway Bay by some fishermen, who reported that another 
was, at the same time, seen accompanying it. This is the second known 
Trish example, and the first taken on the west coast, the former instance 
having occurred in September, 1882, when one of these rare Sharks was 
caught off Skerries, near Dublin (see Zool. 1882, p. 424). The head and 
portion of the tail of the present specimen have been secured for the Science 
and Art Museum. From Mr. Michael Alfred, of the ‘Galway Express,’ 
I learn that, on the 4th of July, a second specimen of this rare Shark was 
captured by some Claddagh fishermen outside the Aran Islands. It was 
about eight feet in length; and, like the latter, was taken on a handline 
used for conger eels, the bait being a gurnard without the head. Depth of 
water about thirty fathoms. Mr. Alfred adds that three have been caught 
within ten daysx—A. G. Mors (Science and Art Museum, Dublin). 
