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it whole with a series of movements which reminded one of a terrier killing 
arat. If our party had numbered an amateur photographer, some novel 
and interesting life-studies might have been obtained, as the bird would 
allow himself to be approached within four or five yards, and when engaged 
in devouring his worms would come even nearer. He disappeared after the 
25th of August, much to our regret, for he had become quite a pet of the 
household; and it is almost too much to hope that so tame a bird would 
safely reach the “sunny south.” I have seen a good many species of birds 
brought close up to a house by regular feeding, but probably this is the first 
instance in which it has been tried, and has succeeded, with the Cuckoo.— 
Jutian G. Tuck (Tostock Rectory, Bury St. Edmunds). 
Varieties of Red Grouse and Landrail.—I have recently received 
two very unusual varieties of the Red Grouse and Landrail. The latter, 
shot at Abbeyleix, Queen’s Co., early in July last, and now in the collection 
of Mr. Marshall, of Taunton, is perfectly snow-white, with the exception 
of two patches of the ordinary colour in the middle of the back and nape. 
The Grouse is of a bluish white, showing the ordinary markings through, 
and is an old male bird. Another, in similar plumage, was observed on 
the same mountain, in Co. Fermanagh, and is being protected by the owner, 
to see what its progeny are likely to be next season.—HpDWARD WILLIAMS 
(2, Dame Street, Dublin). 
White-winged Black Tern near Salisbury.—On the 30th April last 
I saw in our meadows at Britford, Salisbury, five specimens of the White- 
winged Black Tern, H. leucoptera. They came within twenty yards of me, 
and the white tail and shoulders of the wing were distinctly discernible. 
They were evidently on their migration, and followed the course of the 
river towards Christchurch, where Mr. Hart generally sees a few of them in 
the early spring. I saw him the following week, and he said he had been 
looking out for them for the previous day or two. He has some nice Christ- 
church specimens.—Artuur P. Mornzs (Britford Vicarage, Salisbury). 
Little Bustard in Norfolk.—-I have been requested by Mr. Southwell, 
of Norwich, to inform you, for the benefit of readers of ‘The Zoologist,’ 
that I received, for preservation, in August last, a female specimen of the 
Little Bustard, Otis tetrax. It was shot by a boy in a turnip-field at 
Waxham, Norfolk, and was purchased by a gentleman on board a pleasure- 
boat, Mr. A. J. Flaxman, of London, for whom I have preserved it. On 
examination, it was found to have been feeding on clover-leaves and beetles. 
—W. Lownz (Taxidermist, Fuller's Hill, Great Yarmouth). 
Roller in Kirkcudbrightshire.—When out Partridge shooting on the 
Mabie estate, Kirkcudbrightshire, on Sept. 9th, one of our party killed a 
fine specimen of the Roller, Coracias garrula, It proved, on dissection, to 
ZOOLOGIST.— OcT. 1889. 2H 
