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Bitterns in tlie West.— During January and February, 

 two or three Bitterns were seen — not shot ! — in the west of 

 Anglesey ; while another of these fine birds was shot on the 

 Montgomeryshire border of Shropshire. — H. E. Forrest. 



Bitterns have been met with in many parts of the country 

 during the winter. Numbers have been shot, despite the 

 Protection Acts. It is indeed a pleasure to be able to record 

 that ' two or three have been seen — not shot ! ' — R. F. 



Ctrl Bunting:, etc., near Whitby. — A specimen of this 

 species was seen on the road at Upgang near Whitby, on the 

 morning of Thursday, January loth, 1918.* It seemed only 

 able to make short flights, but although we got very near, 

 it always evaded capture. It has previously been recorded 

 from this district in Birds of Yorkshire, p. 205. Geo. Kitchin 

 shot a female at Fen Bogs, 28th February, 1882. Two Snow 

 Buntings were shot at Sleights in March. — J. T. Sewell. 



Jackdaws v. Starling's — A pair of starlings had made 

 a nest in rather a large hole in a beech tree in the Church 

 wood in the centre of Harrogate. A pair of thieving jackdaws, 

 prospecting for a nesting site, ' hun-like ' proceeded to take 

 possession of the starlings' home. The rightful owners re- 

 sisted and a battle, lasting with fluctuating fortunes on and 

 off for two hours, resulted in the jackdaws annexing the site 

 and ejecting the eggs. The starlings, after a valiant defence, 

 having to retire defeated, but certainly not disgraced. — R. 

 Fortune. 



ENTOMOLOGY. 



Lancashire and Cheshire Entomolosry — At a meeting 

 of the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society held on 

 February i8th, Mr. Pierce exhibited a specimen of Oinophila 

 var. flavum captured in the heart of Liverpool, Cedestis 

 jarinatella and Epihlema solandriana var. sinuana, from 

 Delamere ; Depressaria nervosa from Sales Wood ; Eupce- 

 cilia alismana \udana) and Schcenobius forfjcellus from Tansor, 

 Northants. Mr. R. Wilding exhibited and contributed notes 

 upon the following species of Coleoptera all taken in his 

 garden at Walton on the outskirts of Liverpool, viz., Notio- 

 philiis biguttatus, Harpahis aeneiis, Pristonychiis terricola, 

 Creophilus maxillosus, Philonthus laminatus, P. varians, 

 Telephorus rustica, Afriotes spiitator, and Coccinella biptmctata ; 

 he further shewed specimens of Ptinus tedus from the neigh- 

 bourhood of the Liverpool Docks. — Wm. Mansbridge, Hon. 

 Sec. 



* Heavy snowstorm next day. 

 1918 June 1. 



