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was shot, while swimming in a pond at Little Eaton, near Derby, and on 

 November 29th a Fork-tailed Petrel was caught by a dog whilst flying low 

 along the ground in Markeaton Park, near Derby. — A. 8. Hutchinson 

 (18, Green Lane, Derby). 



White's Thrush in Yorkshire. — Early in January a specimen of 

 White's Thrush, Tardus varius, was obtained at Waplington Manor, near 

 Pocklington. According to Messrs. Clarke & Roebuck's recently pub- 

 lished ' Handbook to the Vertebrate Fauna of Yorkshire,' this makes the 

 fourth example of this bird taken in our country. From its size and 

 markings I incline to regard it as a male bird, but as the sex was not 

 ascertained when the bird was skinned, so far as I know, it is difficult to 

 pronounce with any certainty. — J. Backhouse, Jun. (York). 



Ornithological Notes from Ireland. — A specimen of the Honey 

 Buzzard, in immature plumage, was obtained last autumn near Newbridge, 

 Co. Kildare. The stomach and gullet were tightly filled with large earth- 

 worms, nearly two inches long. A Pomatorhine Skua, in immature plumage 

 and in very fat condition, was killed as it was regaling itself upon the 

 carcase of a dog, on the sea-shore at Glenties, Co. Donegal. A Sclavonian 

 Grebe was obtained in the same locality. Another Pomatorhine Skua, in adult 

 plumage, was killed late in October, at Dingle, Co. Kerry, and a Glaucous 

 Gull, in the pencilled plumage of the immature stage, was shot early in 

 November. From a party of seven Grebes seen on the Shannon, one was 

 shot with a rifle-bullet, and proved to be a Sclavonian Grebe. A White 

 Water Kail was shot at Mullingar. With the exception of the long wing- 

 feathers and tip of the tail, this bird was of a beautiful white, not cream- 

 colour, with beak and legs flesh-colour. — Williams & Son (2, Dame Street, 

 Dublin). 



Kentish Plover on the Lincolnshire Coast. — On the 8th October 

 last I received in the flesh an immature specimen of the Kentish Plover, 

 JEgialitis cantiana, which was shot on the coast at Friskney, near Boston. 

 Mr. Cordeaux, in his ' Birds of the Huniber District,' refers (p. 93) to this 

 species as rare, and mentions only two instances of its occurrence in his 

 district, both on the Yorkshire coast, in May, 1809. The bird now in my 

 possession seems to be the first of its kind procured in Lincolnshire, and 

 the occurrence therefore is worth recording. — A. S. Hutchinson (18, Green 

 Lane, Derby). 



[The description of the plumage and colour of the soft parts, notified 

 by our correspondent, but omitted here for want of space, indicate that he 

 has correctly identified the species. — Ed.] 



Curious Capture of a Pochard. — About ten o'clock on the night of 

 the 9th December last the inmates of a house iu this town were startled 



