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NOTES— BIRDS. 



Flamborough Bird-Notes. — Great rush of Woodcocks {Scolopax rusticola) 

 has arrived on the Headland, Oct. 20th and 21st; forty shot. — Mattiikw 

 Baii.ey, Flamborough, Oct. 22nd, 1S90. 



Grey Phalarope in Cumberland. — A young Grey I'halarope [Phalaropus 

 fiilicarius) in mixed plumage, was shot on the coast of Cumberland on the 

 23rd of September. Although this I'halarope is much rarer in the north of 

 England than on the south-coast, not a season passes without the occurrence of 

 one or two specimens in some part of tlie north-west. This date, however, is 

 rather early, October being the favourite month for its appearance, though in the 

 great visitation of 1866, one was shot on our coast in August. — H. A. Mac- 

 PHERSON, Carlisle, Sep. 24th, 1890. 



Albino Greenfinch near Bradford. — On the morning of the nth April 

 I noticed a white Greenfinch {Ligurinus chloris) among a large flock of its own 

 species. They were all in a field of newly-sown oats, which skirts Baildon Moor, 

 and the Albino looked very conspicuous against the dark soil. I watched it for 

 over two hours with my glasses, so I am certain of its identity. In the afternoon 

 of the same day, when I returned, it was still about the same place ; but though 

 I have been on the lookout, I have not seen it since. — Harry B. Bootji, 

 Frizinghall, Bradford, May nth, 1S90. 



Turtle Dove at Lofthouse near Wakefield.— On May 21st I had brought 

 to me to name a fine male specimen of the Turtle Dove ( Tiirtur commicin's). The 

 bird had been seen for some days previous to being captured making its home in 

 the new Union Railway embankment, and feeding on turnip-seed in a field near 

 Robin Hood, Lofthouse. After naming it, and pronouncing it to be of rare 

 occurrence, it was left with me to be preserved, and is now in my possession. 

 I cannot find another on record for this locality. — ^John Ward, Pymont House, 

 Lofthouse, June loth, 1890. 



NO TE— FISHES. 



The Tope on the Coast of Cumberland. — A small specimen of the Tope 

 (Galeits vulgaris), measuring nearly 17 ins. in total length, was captured on the 

 Cumberland coast on Sep. 23rd, and sent to me for identification by one of the 

 fishermen. I have no reason to think that this fish is of unfrequent occurrence on 

 our coast. On the contrary, the Tope is probably an annual visitant to our 

 waters, but so little attention has been paid to ichthyology on this coast that it may 

 be convenient to record this fact. — H. A. Macpherson, Carlisle, Sep. 24th, 1890. 



AZOTES— MOLL USCA. 



Additions to the List of Mollusca of Malham. — I have taken the 

 following species in addition to those mentioned by Mr. Roebuck in his list for 

 the Malham district in the ' Naturalist ' for September : — Pisidiuin iiitidiiin, stream 

 on roadside between Bell Busk and Malham ; Planorbis corinatus, P. contortits, 

 and Physa hypiiortiDi, Pond near Bell Busk. I am rather surprised Physa 

 hyptiorum has not been met with, as in the pond in which I found it there were 

 thousands. I have never seen it so plentiful anywhere else. — W. E. Collin(1E, 

 Leeds, October nth, 1S90. 



Deep Limpet ' Scars.' — Near Spanish Head, Port St. Mary, Isle of Man, 

 are to be seen some remarkably deep limpet ' scars.' The rocks there are flat slabs 

 of limestone, sloping very gradually towards the sea, which washes over them at 

 every tide — often with great violence. The ' scars ' in question are, in some cases, 

 an inch deep, and the apices of the animals' shells are frequently below the level of 

 the rock. The depth of the ' scars ' is due, doubtless, to the exposed situation of the 

 rocks, though I have never noticed such deep excavations in any similar situations. 

 The shells {Patella athletica) are very striking, being large, of irregular shape, and 

 very brilliantly coloured inside. I have taken specimens encrusted to the depth 

 of half an inch with (I think) 'nullapore,' as are also the rocks themselves. — 

 L. E. Adams, Penistone, Oct. 9th, 1890. 



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