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flies, chasing them over the long grass, and picking them off the stones 

 and places where they rest, some of the birds carrying away the bodies to 

 feed their young ones. — Joseph Vine (11, Chester Road, South Highgate). 



Addition to the Avifauna of the Fseroe Islands.— HerrH. C. Miiller, 

 of Thorshavn, informs me that a male example of the Caspian Tern, Sterna 

 caspia, was shot on Sorvaag-vatn, Island of Vaagoe, on the 10th May, 1887. 

 The specimen has been reserved for my collection. — H. W. Feilden. 



Cuckoo in India.— Referring to the note under this heading (p. 25), 

 I may state that I resided many years in Ceylon, and drew most of its birds, 

 but never saw or heard of the English Cuckoo visiting that country. There 

 are several species of Cuckoo in Ceylon, but the call of none of them 

 resembles that of our Cuckoo. — K. L. Mitford (Henfaes, Dolgelly) 



The occurrence of Serinus canicollis near Brighton. — On Jan. 27th 

 a second example of Serinus canicollis was obtained at Ovingdean, near 

 Brighton. The present specimen is a male, in perfect plumage, with sharp 

 claws, and showing no signs of captivity whatever. As this species has 

 again been taken it seems to indicate that it does occasionally reach our 

 shores ; that two birds should have escaped and both been retaken is most 

 improbable. The question is, to find out, if possible, the line of passage 

 from its distant African home. — R. W. Chase (Edgbaston, Birmingham). 



Little Bustard in Co. Mayo. — It may interest the readers of ' The 

 Zoologist' to hear that another Irish specimen of the Little Bustard, Otis 

 tetrax, Linn., has recently been obtained. It was shot last December in 

 Co. Mayo. This is the third time the bird has been caught in Ireland. The 

 two previous records were both from the southern counties, while this is its 

 first occurrence in any of the northern ones. The bird is at present in the 

 Irish collection of the Science and Art Museum. — Robert F. Scharff 

 (Curator Nat. Hist. Department, Science and Art Museum, Dublin). 



Varieties of the Brambling. — We have some Bramblings alive, two of 

 which were in the normal plumage when netted. One has since assumed a 

 white chin, and many white feathers about the head and neck ; the other has 

 some brown patches on the breast, apparently a case of incipient melanism. 

 They are both hens. — J. H. Gurney, jun. (Keswick, Norwich). 



Correction of an Error. — In 'The Zoologist,' last year (p. 113), 

 I stated that a hybrid between a Bullfinch and Canary had been exhibited 

 at the Crystal Palace. Although such a bird was entered, it was not 

 exhibited. This oversight on my part has been courteously pointed out to 

 me by the Rev. H. A. Macpherson. — J. Jenner Weir (Beckenham). 



FISHES. 



Flounder coloured on both Ventral and Dorsal Surfaces. — On Jan. 

 16th last I received from Sennen Cove, near the Land's End, a specimen 



