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nest was swarming with fleas. I once found a Stock Dove's nest with 

 three eggs. Is this likely to be a case of two hens laying in the same 

 nest, or had the same bird laid the three eggs? — G. E. Lodge. 



Osprey captured in the Bristol Channel. — A female Osprey, in 

 immature plumage, was taken alive on a boat in the Bristol Channel on 

 Sept. '2'2nd. The owner kept it alive for ten days, but, as it was offered 

 raw meat and refused to take it, it starved. Had tish been given probably 

 it would have lived. It is now being preserved. — Wm. Shakespeaiie 

 (Cardiff). 



[It seems extraordinary that there should have been any difficulty in 

 procuring lish so close to the Bristol Channel, unless the owner of the bird 

 was ignorant of its species, and of the fact that its natural food is fish. It 

 is a pity it should have been allowed to die of starvation. It might have 

 been sent to the Clifton Zoological Gardens, where it would have been 

 properly taken care of. — Ed.] 



Pectoral Sandpiper in Norfolk. — On Sept. 8th a specimen of the 

 Pectoral Sandpiper, Trlnga maculata, was shot on the banks of the River 

 Bure, near Yarmouth. The man who shot it, not knowing what it was, 

 took it to Mr. G. Smith, of that town, who identified the species, and sent 

 the bird on to me. Sex, male ; length from end of tail to tip of bill, 10 in. ; 

 extent of wings, 18i in. ; weight, 2^ oz., but fat. Contents of stomach 

 undistinguishable, owing to its being badly shot. I may add that the bird 

 was examined by Canon Tristram in the flesh. It has been beautifully set 

 up by Cullingford, of Durham, and is a welcome addition to my collection. — 

 R. W. Chase (Edgbaston, Birmingham). 



Gull-billed Tern in Belfast Lough. — It may possibly interest some 

 of your ornithological readers to know that towards the end of September 

 a specimen of the Gull-billed Tern, Sterna anglica, was shot in Belfast 

 Lough. The bird was placed in the hands of Mr. Darragh, of the Museum 

 of that town, and brought l)y him to me for determination. On consulting 

 the last edition of Yarrell, I find that it does not appear to have been 

 previously recorded from Ireland. — Robert O. Cunningham (Queen's 

 College, Belfast). 



CRUSTACEA. 



Crustacea from the Channel Islands.— Mr. R. L. Spencer having 

 lately presented to the Natural History Museum a small but well-preserved 

 series of Crustacea from the Channel Islands, it may be of interest to note 

 a list of the species, with remarks upon some of the more interesting types. 

 The collection includes : — (1) Stenorhynchus rostratus (Linn.). (2) Portunus 

 corrugatus, Penn. : interesting on account of its very extended geographical 

 range; it occurs not only in the British Isles, but in the Mediterranean, 

 the Azores, St. Vincent, and Cape Verde Islands, and has been repeatedlv 

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