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gander " applied to the male, but both sexes are indiscriminately spoken of 

 in Essex as " Bar-geese." — M. C. H. Bird (West Rudham, Swaffham, 

 Noifolk). 



Harlequin Duck on the Northumbrian Coast.— The editorial note 

 (p. 159) under a notice of the exhibition of a Harlequin Duck before the 

 Zoological Society by Mr. H. Saunders has a tendency to mislead, as any 

 one referring to that notice would naturally conclude that the bird exhibited 

 was the Rev. Julian Tuck's specimen, which was not the case. It was the 

 companion bird which 1 had received, and which is now in my collection. 

 To obviate any confusion which might arise at a future date in tracing the 

 destination of the two specimens which were obtained, I should feel obliged 

 if you will allow me to state that I possess the specimen which was 

 exhibited by Mr. H. Saunders. — Robert W. Chase (Edgbaston). 



It may be well to point out that the young Harlequin drake exhibited 

 by Mr. Saunders at the second March meeting of the Zoological Society 

 (Zool. p. 159) was not my specimen recorded on p. 70, but its companion 

 in misfortune. The two must, I suppose, be " bracketed second " as 

 British examples. I forwarded the body of the one I received to Professor 

 Newton, and at his request tlie trachea has been prepared for the Cambridge 

 Museum. — Juuan Tuck (St. Mary's, Bucknall, Stoke-on-Trent). 



Paired Varieties of the Jackdaw. — A pair of Jackdaws are at present 

 nesting in one of the old trees close to my house. I see them frequently 

 on the lawn and in the field near. Both these birds are exactly alikt^, and 

 have the whole of the wings and tail of a dull mottled yellowish brown 

 colour, much like that of a hen Pheasant. The remarkable point in this is 

 that both the pair should thus vary. Probably they are the produce of 

 some one brood of a former season? — 0. P. Cambridge (Bloxworth, near 

 Blandford). 



Black Redstart in Co. Waterford. —I have to record the occurrence 

 here of a young male of this species on the 4tli November, 1886. The 

 specimens of this bird captured in Ireland have, I believe, occurred on the 

 sea coast, or at a short distance inland. Coolfin is about ten miles from 

 the nearest sea. Like the bird mentioned by Lord Clermont (Zool. 1884, 

 p. 78), this little straggler was engaged in capturing flies at my bed-room 

 window.— William W^ Flkmtng (Coolfin House, Portlaw, Co. Waterford). 



FISHES. 



Cyclopterus lumpus at Scilly. — I have received (April l-2th) from 

 St. Mary's, Scilly, a Lunipsucker, Cijdopterus lumpus. It is a male of 

 unusual size, being as largo as the ordinary female. The belly and lower 

 sides are bright crimson, the back is of llit- usual (kill leaden blue; but 



