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these again clearly indicated that the salt water had not at 

 any time reached the lake. 



I am indebted to Messrs. J. W. Stather, H. S. Marker, 

 F. H. Wood, and Barr for the photographs accompanying 

 these notes. 



FIELD NOTES. 



BIRDS. 

 Bohemian Waxwings at Grans:e-over=Sards. — On the 



2nd of March, a small flock of about eight Bohemian Waxwings, 

 comprising both sexes, paid a brief visit to my garden — 

 Herbert Walker, Grange-over-Sands, March 13th, 1912. 



The Common Sandpiper in March — On March 12th I was 

 surprised to see a Common Sandpiper in Derbyshire, a few 

 miles to the north of Burton-on-Trent. I had a very good 

 view of the bird, which, on being disturbed, flew across a small 

 sheet of water, and alighted on the opposite side, further away. 

 As this date is so early, in spite of the recent genial weather, 

 it is possible that this may be one of the few birds of this species 

 that are reported to spend the winter in the extreme south- 

 west of England. — H. B. Booth, Ben Rhydding. 



BOTANY. 

 The Wood Scirpus (S. sylvaticus) in East Yorkshire. — 



I noted Scirpus sylvaiicus in Firby Wood, Kirkham, on the 

 13th June, 1908. The species is not included in Robinson's 

 'Flora of the East Riding of Yorkshire.' — W. Ingham, York. 



Mosses and Hepatics at Knaresborough. — In addition 

 to the species enumerated by Mr. Cheetham, in ' The Naturalist ' 

 for March (page 95), I obtained two interesting hej^atics, 

 viz., Lophozia turhinata, and the small Haplozia puniila, 

 growing in thin dark green patches closely pressed to the rocks. 

 Mr. Cheetham also obtained the vivid green moss, Barbula 

 vinealis on the top of a grassy mound. — W. Ingham, York. 



Roesleria pallida (Pers.) Sacc, in Yorkshire. — On 



roots of dead apple tree. Collected by Miss F. Bentham in 

 the garden of her residence, ' The Towers,' Castle Hill, Scar- 

 borough, January 1912. Communicated by Mr. T. B. Roe, 

 Scarborough. Miss Bentham says the apple tree — a young 

 one — bloomed last year, but no fruit set, and the tree is now 

 dead, and she is of the opinion that the tree was killed by the 

 fungus. This species is parasitic on roots of apple, pear, and 

 probably other fruit trees ; also on vine roots.— C. Crossland, 

 Halifax. 



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