Notes and Comments. 3 
To give a complete list of the specimens we secured would 
be much too lengthy, but among them are: a fine massive 
prehistoric stone hammer from Ottringham ; harpoon gun from 
a Hull whaler ; antique pistol made by Carter, Hull ; antique 
brass powder pistol, by Brunton, Doncaster ; a fine goblet 
of turquoise blue glass, made at the Hull Glass Works ; two 
carved oak pew ends (15th century) from Holy Trinity Church 
Hull ; large model of a fishing smack ; a massive lantern from 
the old Hebbles’ light, Paull; a fine Georgian mahogany 
bedstead, with carved top; various ecclesiastical antiquities, 
and several interesting models, as also a large osteological 
collection. The remarkable feature of the collection, however, 
was the number of interesting ‘‘ bygones ’’ which Mr. Battersby 
had secured. Practically the whole of these came to us. 
The total cost to the Corporation for a collection consisting of 
nearly 200 specimens is about £3 3s.”’’ 
THE STORY OF A ‘NEW’ BIRD. 
On May 13th last, two Black-headed Buntings were exhib- 
ited at a meeting of the British Ornithologists’ Club, and were 
referred to in the Club’s Bulletin No. CXCVIII., pp. 133-4. 
One had been caught at Halifax, Yorkshire, in December, 
1gt0, and kept alive in an aviary at Hove until May, 1912, 
when it was killed by a Corn Bunting. The other had been 
shot at Battle (Sussex) in April, 1912. We referred to the 
matter in The Naturalist at the time, and regretted that 
our Yorkshire specimen should have been mixed up with 
a Sussex bird, because rightly or wrongly, northern (and 
some southern) ornithologists have received with suspicion 
so many of the new bird records from the south. Our con- 
temporary, British Birds, also referred to the record, but 
without comment.* 
A YORKSHIRE RECORD. 
The Yorkshire bird had been supplied by a Mr. Hamilton, 
herbalist, etc., of Halifax. As it was the first county record, 
Yorkshire ornithologists were anxious to verify it, and asked 
the Secretary of the Halifax Scientific Society to investigate. 
He called upon Mr. Hamilton, but that gentleman’s mind 
seemed to be a blank; he knew nothing whatever about it ! 
Later, the Curator of the Museum at Hull wrote to Mr. Hamilton 
enclosing a catalogue of the birds in the Hull collection, and 
asking to be informed of any species in Halifax which were 
not at Hull. Particular mention was made of a Black-headed 
Bunting, which he had seen from the papers had been supplied 
to a collector in Sussex. 
= july, ror4s. ip. 55: 
2915 Jan. 1. 
