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were young males ; indeed all those which I examined were 

 immature birds. 



From the middle of October to the middle of November 

 there was a constant stream of migration, in varying numbers, of 

 Larks, Hooded Crows, Peewits, and various small birds, such as 

 Chaffinches, Blackbirds, Kedbreasts, with a few Woodcocks and 

 Short-eared Owls. On several days towards the end of October, 

 Larks, Hooded Crows, and Peewits passed incessantly, from 

 daylight to the middle of the afternoon. The last Terns were 

 seen flying S.E. on October 19th. On the 25th a male Ring 

 Ouzel was shot in Bilsdale. Is not this a very late date for 

 this bird ? [They sometimes spend the winter here. — Ed.] 



On November 9th, at the Tees Mouth, I shot an adult male 

 Red-throated Diver, Colymbus septentrionalis, with most of the 

 red feathers on the throat remaining. On the 12th a Great 

 Spotted Woodpecker, Picus major, was noticed in some gardens 

 near the Fishmongers' Square. 



On December 9th a flock of about one hundred and twenty 

 Geese flew high overhead to the S.W. as I was walking on the 

 East Sands. On the 26th two small herds of Swans, containing 

 six and eight respectively, were seen at sea. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



MAMMALIA. 



Remains of Red-deer in the Duddon. — Last autumn whilst netting for 

 Salmon in the Duddon Estuary, the fishermen brought to the surface 

 Borne massive horns of the Red-deer. One pair, with the skull attached, 

 must have had at least fifteen points ; the length of one horn is 40 in. ; the 

 distance apart at the top of the horns, 42 in. ; the circumference of the 

 burr, 11 in. In another case, a skull was recovered with only a portion of 

 one antler attached ; and of a greater size than in the previous example. 

 The horn is broken just above the third tine, the length from the base 

 being 14 in. ; the length of one tine, 13£ in. ; and the circumference of 

 the burr, 10% in. A scapula was dredged up and brought to shore at the 

 same time. The weight of each of these specimens was great, the first- 

 named being as much as a man could comfortably carry. Some similar 

 horns were found some years ago, and in the neighbouring estuary of the 

 Esk at various times many such antlers have been discovered, most of 



