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nests, and Rooks may often be seen to repair their nests in autumn. Can 
anyone give a list of British birds that have been noticed to build or repair 
nests in autumn ?—GrorcE Roserts (Lofthouse, Wakefield). 
Variation of Plumage in the Corvide.—A propos to Mr. Theobald’s 
note (Zool. 1885, p. 437) on albino and mottled birds, I may mention that 
some time ago I saw a Carrion Crow with a white tip to each wing. This was 
near the town of Bludenz, in the Vorarlberg. Shortly afterwards I observed 
another Crow, of which only one wing was tipped with white.. So far as 
I can ascertain, albinos or particoloured specimens of this bird are of less 
frequent occurrence than those of the Jackdaw or Rook.—G. N. Douexass 
(Bismark Street, Karlsruhe, Baden). 
Spoonbill in Co. Kerry. — In a letter of the 14th November last the 
Rev. Alexander Delap (the Parsonage, Volunteer Island), informed me that 
a fine specimen of the Spoonbill was shot a few days previously in the 
harbour there. From the good description given of the plumage the bird 
was evidently adult.— Robert Warren (Moyview, Ballina, Co. Mayo). 
Emberiza melanocephala in Nottinghamshire. —I have in my 
possession a specimen of the continental Black-headed Bunting, Emberiza 
melanocephala, which was given to me in June or July, 1884, by Mr. 
Stanley, taxidermist, of Trent Street, Nottingham. This bird was brought 
to him in the flesh, about the date mentioned, by a man who stated that he 
had just shot it between Radcliffe and Bingham, in this county. I did not, 
when I first saw it, know what bird it was, but it has since been identified 
by Professor Newton, and by Mr. Whitaker, of Rainworth, who both 
consider its occurrence (I believe for the second time in England) worth 
recording.—J. Ruoprs AsHwortH (The Hutt, Newstead, Nottingham). 
[This bird, which is not to be confounded with the Reed Bunting, 
also known as the Black-headed Bunting, E’mberiza scheniclus, was first 
noticed as a rare straggler to England from the European continent by the 
late Mr. Gould, who, in ‘ The Ibis’ for 1869 (p. 128), reported the capture 
of a specimen near Brighton, in November, 1868. The species has since 
been described and figured in the 4th edition of Yarrell’s ‘ British Birds,’ 
vol. ii., p. 64.—Ep.] 
Glaucous Gull in Skye.—On Dec. 22nd I received a specimen of Larus 
glaucus, obtained in Skye, near Dunvegan, on Dec. 14th. It was an 
immature bird, and proved to be a female, as the total length of 28 in. and 
the wing measurement of 164 in. had led me to anticipate. It was in good 
condition, the stomach being crammed with the remains of small fishes, 
When shot it was in company witha larger bird of the same species.— 
H. A. Macpuerson (3, Hargrave Road, Upper Holloway). 
Notes on Wildfowl in Yorkshire.—Amidst several hundred Mallard, 
and a few Teal, Widgeon, Tufts, and Pochards (some of the last two bred 
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