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on the breast, but this is, of course, quite normal. If the variation alluded 

 to has been noticed by others, information would be welcome. — H. A. 

 Macpherson (Carlisle). 



[Is this phase of plumage abnormal? Is it not that of a drake at the 

 end of its second year beginning to assume the spring plumage? — Ed.] 



Bewick's Swan in Pembrokeshire. — An adult specimen of Bewick's 

 Swan was shot on November J Oth, on Trevithan Pool, near St. David's, by 

 Mr. C. Harding Harries. The bird was alone, and when the pond was 

 approached it took refuge among some tame geese, swimming into their 

 midst, depressing its body as low as it could in the water, and lowering its 

 graceful neck in its attempts to conceal itself. But all in vain, as Mr. Harries 

 waded out into the pool and shot it. — Murray A. Mathew (Stone Hall, 

 Pembrokeshire). 



Reported occurrence of the Goshawk in Norfolk. — Mr. J. H. 



Gurney, jun., informs me that the Goshawk, Astur palumbarius, mentioned 

 in my notes as " shot near Yarmouth," October 21st (Zool. 1887, p. 418), 

 was caught in the North Sea on October 19th, and brought into Yarmouth 

 by some smacksmen on the 21st. — T. E. Gunn (86, St. Giles Street, 

 Norwich). 



[This is doubtless the bird referred to in the ' Report on Migration ' for 

 1886, p. 39, as " Goshawk, Astur palumbarius, caught at sea, and brought 

 in alive to Yarmouth ; date uncertain." — Ed.] 



Jay in Co. Kildare. — As the Jay is decidedly scarce and local in 

 Ireland, perhaps it may be of interest to record that one of these birds was 

 met with in Lyons demesne, Co. Kildare, on the 15th October last. The 

 keeper who shot it brought it to me as a rare bird he had not seen before. 

 He said it was alone, and attracted his attention by its notes. I have not 

 known the Jay to occur in this district before. Can anyone say whether it 

 is now a resident anywhere in this county, or in the adjoining counties of 

 Wicklow, Dublin, or Meath ? I do not recollect having seen any recent 

 record of localities for the Jay in Ireland. — J. E. Palmer (Lyons Mills, 

 Straffan, Co. Kildare). 



[In his 'List of Irish Birds,' 1885, Mr. A. G. More says the Jay is 

 resident but very local, occurring principally in the South and East of 

 Ireland.— Ed.] 



Wryneck in Shetland. — A specimen of the Wryneck, Jynx torqullla, 

 was picked up, dead, near Hillswick, Shetland, on the 25th August last. 

 Being a little uncertain as to its species, I forwarded it to Edinburgh, when 

 it was at once recognised by my friend Mr. Andrew Hogg. Only two 

 specimens of this bird have, so far as I am aware, been previously seen in 

 Shetland, both of which are mentioned in Saxby's 'Birds of Shetland.' — 

 Charles A. Anderson (22, Melville Terrace, Edinburgh). 



