2 Notes and Comments. 



Preparation of Insects as Microscopic Mounts.' Mr. A. Chap- 

 man records a Grey Shrike at Wark's-fell, on January 7th, 

 1916, and writes on ' Woodcock in Spring.' Mr. H. Preston 

 gives ' First experiences with a Marine aquarium.' There are 

 also the numerous and valuable ' Notes and Records,' most 

 of which refer to V.C. 66 (Durham), though there are Yorkshire 

 items. There are the usual minor misprints on the head-lines. 

 In one case, the printer has failed to spell ' Vasculum ' properly. 



AN UNKNOWN WARBLER. 



In the same journal, Mr. A. Chapman figures ' An unknown 

 Warbler,' which he sketched, but was unable to shoot. It 



disappeared while he was seeking a ' collecting gun.' We are 

 kindly permitted to reproduce his sketch, made while the bird 

 was on a rockery at Houxty, North Tyne, on September 23rd, 

 1913. ' In colour, its upper parts were chocolate-brown, 

 ruddier on the rump, while below it was pale grey fading away 

 to almost white. A dark band through the eye, with white 

 superciliary streak above, were conspicuous features.' Possibly 

 some of our readers may care to try to identify the species. 



MANCHESTER MICROSCOPISTS. 



The Annual Report and Transactions of the Manchester 

 Microscopical Society for 1915,* includes the Presidential 

 Address (with plates) on ' Graft Hybrids,' by Prof. F. E. 

 Weiss ; ' A sandy sea-shore,' by Joseph Kitchen ; ' Yeast/ 



* W. F. Jackson & Sons, The Manor Press, 71 pages, 1/6. 



Naturalist, 



