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the meeting of the Linnean Society, that the head and bill are in this case 

 sufficient to enable one to form a satisfactory opinion, and that anyone com- 

 paring them with the same parts of A. albifrons or any of our other wild 

 Grey Geese could scarcely be in doubt as to the species. Since the meeting 

 of the Linnean Society, Mr. Gyngell has again sent the remains to me, and 

 they are now before me, as also are specimens of our other wild Grey Geese, 

 and I see no reasou to alter my opinion. As to the matter of escape, that 

 is another question, and I should be glad of further evidence on that point 

 from Mr. Gyngell and the person who shot the bird. — Cecil Smith (Bishop's 

 Lydeard, Taunton). 



White Wagtail in Norfolk. — Two male specimens of Motacilla alba 

 were obtained near the Golf-ground, Great Yarmouth, on April 24th. At 

 the date of publication of the 4th edition of Yarrell's ' British Birds,' and 

 the new ' List of Norfolk Birds,' by Messrs. J. H. Gurney and T. Southwell 

 (Trans. Norf. & Norwich Nat. Soc), this species had not been obtained in 

 Norfolk ; but, attending a meeting of the above Society to exhibit my 

 specimen on April 24th, it was stated by the President, Mr. J. H. Gurney, 

 that one had since been obtained by Lord Walsingham at Merton. — 

 George Smith (Great Yarmouth). 



Pied Flycatcher at Harrogate. — On May 4th, while rambling through 

 Birk Crag, a well-wooded glen about half-a-mile long by a quarter broad, I 

 was fortunate in seeing no less than five pairs of Pied Flycatchers. They 

 seemed, from their actions, to have settled down in the locality, but pro- 

 bably they were new arrivals, as it was about 5 a.m. when I saw them. 

 There were no less than three pairs together in one little corner. The 

 neighbourhood is pretty well scoured by birds'-nesting youngsters, so I am 

 afraid they will not be left in peace. This bird is very irregular in its 

 occurrence here ; in 1886 it was fairly plentiful ; last year, although 

 I searched diligently, I could not find a single nest, though I heard of one 

 which had been taken by a school-boy ; it was built in a bridge over the 

 Oak Beck, at the end of Birk Crag. — Riley Fortune (Harrogate). 



Pied Flycatcher in Glamorganshire. — On May 8th, in the grounds 

 adjoining this house, I obtained a male specimen of the Pied Flycatcher 

 (Muscicapa atrlcapilla). This is, to my kuowledge, the only authentic 

 occurrence of this Flycatcher in Glamorgan. Mr. L. W. Dillwyn, in his 

 'Fauna and Flora of Swansea' (1848), states that this species "is said in 

 the 'Swansea Guide" to inhabit the neighbourhood"; but he adds, 

 "I much doubt whether it has been seen for at least forty years." On 

 such unsatisfactory evidence, I was loth to (and did not) include it in my 

 List of Glamorganshire Birds, until the occurrence of this specimen places 

 its claim to be included beyond doubt. While writing on this bird, may I 

 point out by way of correction to Mr. Seebohm's statement ('British Birds,' 



