FIELD: NOTES. 
LEPIDOPTERA. 
Polia chi near Huddersfield.—On August 7th, during 
a walk in the neighbourhood of Fixby, Huddersfield, I found 
seven specimens of Polia chi in the characteristic position of 
this moth, viz., perched on walls. This is a common species 
hereabouts, but it seemed peculiar that all the seven moths 
should have been found within a very short distance—say a 
couple of hundred yards—of each other, and not another was 
seen during the afternoon. They were all quite fresh out of 
Photo by) [Charles Mosley. 
Polia chi and var. olivacea. 
the pup; in fact two of them were only just drying their 
wings. Of the seven, three were beautiful types of the variety 
olivacea. The centre one in the accompanying photograph is 
of this variety.—CHARLES MosLeEy, Lockwood. 
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BIRDS. 
Ruff at Harrogate.—I have recently seen a stuffed 
specimen of a Ruff in winter plumage, which was shot on the 
Irrigation Farm, by Mr. J. E. Titley, on August 28th, 1905. 
It was at the time mistaken for a big snipe.—R. FORTUNE, 
Harrogate. 
Night-Heron shot near Whitby.—An immature female 
Night-heron was shot on Ruswarp Carrs, near Whitby, on 
‘October 26th. So far as the local records show, the Night- 
heron has not occurred in this district since the year 186r, 
when an adult bird was shot in autumn about a mile higher up 
the River Esk.—T. STEPHENSON, Whitby, November 7th, 1g1T. 
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