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birds which invaded Ireland last year have bred in considerable numbers.— 
R. J. UssHer (Cappagh, Co. Waterford). 
Redstart in Co. Waterford.—A bird of this species, Ruticilla phani- 
curus, was picked up dead at Sweetbriar, near Tramore, on October 12th, 
and has been kindly presented to me, for the Science and Art Museum, 
Dublin, by the owner, Mr. Thomas Spencer. The feathers of the chin and 
throat are black, with light-coloured edges ; the breast, under parts, and 
tail are distinct. The white spot on the forehead is not developed through 
the bases of the feathers ; these are whitish. This is the first instance in 
which I have met with the Redstart in Co. Waterford, though the Black 
Redstart has often occurred from October to March. —R. J. UssuEr 
(Cappagh, Co. Waterford). 
Tringa canutus in Barbados.—In a paper contributed to ‘The Ibis’ 
{October, 1889), giving a list of the Birds of Barbados, I recorded the Knot 
as evidently a very rare straggler to that island. I must now modify this 
statement, as I have lately received from Mr. J. P. Massiah the skin of a 
Knot, killed in Barbados this season, with the following remarks :—* I 
send you a bird by parcel post, shot by Johnny Ashby, at Chancery Lane, 
on September 30th. He skinned it himself, and, although useless to you 
as a specimen, it will enable you to identify the bird; we usually get a few 
of them with the Lesser Yellow-legs and Pectoral Sandpipers, but they are 
never numerous.” We are therefore justified, I think, in considering the 
Knot as an annual visitor to Barbados, insmall numbers.—H. W. Freripen. 
Spoonbills in Co. Kerry.—On the 30th of September last I received 
aspecimen of the Spoonbill forwarded from Waterville, Co. Kerry. It was 
exceedingly fat, weighing four pounds and a half. On November 5th 
another was received, which had been shot at Tarbert, in the same county. 
Both specimens were in very faded plumage, the ends of the feathers being 
much abraded.— Epwarp WILLIAMs (2, Dame Street, Dublin). 
Velvet Scoter in Leicestershire.—On November 12th a female Velvet 
Scoter, Qidemia fusca, was shot on the Reservoir at Saddington, in this 
county, by Mr. R. Burgess, of Saddington Hall.—A. Marruews (Gumley, 
Market Harborough). 
[This must be a rare bird in the county. It is not included in Mr. 
M. Browne's recently published ‘ Vertebrate Fauna of Leicestershire and 
Rutland.’—Ep.] 
Osprey on the Thames.—Your correspondents, Messrs H. K. Reeves 
and E. G. Waddilove, will be sorry to hear of the fate of the Osprey which 
they had the pleasure of observing in Richmond Park, as reported in the 
last number of ‘ The Zoologist’ (p. 485). An Osprey (probably the same 
bird) was shot on the Thames, at Barnes, during the first week of November, 
