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■clear water, with Mr. Morrison's liouse nestling aniong the warm- 

 looking woods of conifers on the far side. The Tarn cannot be 

 very deep, as I have often watched, with my glasses, Moorhens 

 {Gallimda chloropus) and Coots {Fn/ica atra) repeatedly diving, as if 

 for food, in the centre. Occasionally a few Mallard {Anas boschas) will 

 fly over head. The Tufted Duck {Fuligula cristnta) is reported to 

 have bred here once. If one could only see all the water birds 

 which make this a resting-place or home during winter, what 

 a treat it would be ! 



Returning again to Malham, the Wood Wren {Phylloscopus 

 sibilatrix) is not uncommon in the wood at the opposite side of the 

 valley. Here, too, in the evening, we may hear the Tawny Owl 

 {Syr?iium aluco) and numbers of Nightjars {Caprimulgus europauis). 

 I am told by the villagers the Barn Owl {Strix flamviea) is still there 

 in some numbers, and the Carrion Crow [Corvus corone) still lingers 

 in the district. On one occasion Mr. liutterfield saw a flock of 

 Fieldfares {Tiirdus pilaris) here as late as May 5th. 



In conclusion, I should like to state my only object in writing 

 this paper is to let my fellow ornithologists know of the district, so 

 liiat they may have the chance of enjoying it as much as I do. 



NOTE— FISHES. 



Sting-Ray at Whitby. — On the 12th inst., a fine example of the Stin<;-Ray 

 (7'rygo>i pastiiiaca) was caught about two miles oft' Whitby, liy John Waters, 

 fisherman, on a line baited with mussel. Its measurements were as follows : — from 

 snout to root of tail, 17 inches ; from root to end of tail, 16 inches ; from root of 

 tail to first spine or sting, 7 inches; distance between roots of spines or stings, 

 l.\ inches; from root of last or second spine or sting to end of tail, l\ inches ; 

 length of first spine, 3J inches ; and of second or last, 3 inches. Thickness of fish 

 from belly to l)ack 3^ inches, width from tip to tip of wings, 20 inches ; and 

 from outside of right to outside of left eye, 4 inches. It is being preserved for the 

 Whitby Museum. — Tiios. Stephenson, i. Haggersgate, Whitby, Aug. 15th, 1890. 



LORD LILFORD'S COLOURED FIGURES OF 

 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Coloured Figures of the Birds of the British Islands. Issued by Lord 

 LiLKORD, F.Z.S., &c., President of the IJritish Ornithologists" Union. Part I, 

 Oct. 1885, to Part XV, July 1S90. 



Since October 1885 fifteen parts of this most beautiful work 

 have appeared. The size is royal octavo, and each part contains 

 twelve plates, printed by chromo-lithography in Berlin, from drawings 

 by J. G. Keulemans and J. Thornburn. The former of these 

 artists has a long-established reputation for his accuracy in painting 

 birds and their surroundings. Mr. Thornburn, although less known, 

 evidently possesses in a high degree a real genius for depicting birds, 



Sept. 1890. 



