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NOTES AND COMMENTS. 



IIP:RRING GULL'S \E.«^T. 

 The accompanying photograph of a typical nest of tlie 

 Herring Gull {Lanis argentatus) was taken on the cliffs 

 not far from Whitby, and illustrates a paper by the late 

 R. Lofthouse in the Proceedings of the Cleveland Naturalists' 

 Field Club (Vol. i, Part 4), just issued. The nests were some- 

 times quite exposed, sometimes sheltered under ferns and 

 grasses ; thev were made of dried grass and feathers, and varied 



Herring Qull's Nest. 



considerably in bulk and construction. The same author has 

 notes on the Snow Bunting. The Editor, the Rev. J. Hawell, 

 contributes an admirable paper on ' The Evolution of Cleveland 

 Scenery,' in which he gives particulars of some valuable work 

 he has carried out in the district, principally in reference to the 

 Glacial deposits. There are several other papers, those of 

 particular local interest being ' Cleveland Lepidoptera,' by T. A. 

 Lofthouse; 'Cleveland Coleoptera,' by M. Lawson Thompson; 

 and 'Ornithological Notes,' by C. Millburn. 



1903 May I. 



