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August, 1878; it was in first plumage. I have seen several 



others, all in August. 

 *Wood Sandpiper (Tata mis glareola Gm.). A rare casual 



visitant. I have shot two specimens — one on the ist Sep- 

 tember, 1873, ar) d the other on the 9th September, 1880; 



both were in first plumage. 

 "Redshank (Tetanus calidris L.). Only occasionally met with. 



I have seen specimens in July and September. 

 *Curlew (Numenius arquata L.). A common resident; they 



frequently breed in the fields adjoining the moor. 

 *Whimbrel {Numtnius pliceopus L.). Not uncommon. I have 



frequently seen old birds in May, and the young in August. 

 '"'Herring' Gull (Larus argentatus Gmel.). Not uncommon ; 



young birds have been frequently shot. 

 "Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus L.). Commoner 



than the last ; large flights are often seen. 

 ^Common Gull (Larus canus L.). Quite as common as the 



last. 

 * Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus L.). Common ; most 



frequently seen in July, August, and September. 

 Little Auk {Mergulus alle L.). Several have been found dead 



after severe weather. 



NOTES AND NEWS. 

 Mr. George Roberts has recently published — in the 'Yorkshire Post' — his 

 ' Miscellaneous Rural Notes for 1888,' being the twenty-seventh year during which 

 he has carried on his observations on periodical natural phenomena at Lofthouse. 



By an article in the Journal of the Marine Biological Association from the pen 

 of Prof. Mcintosh, we note that Mr. Edward E. Prince, B.A., of Leeds, has of 

 late years devoted himself with energy and success to the study of the reproduction 

 and development of the British food-fishes, on which he has published numerous 

 valuable papers. 



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Similar subjects have also for some years occupied the attention of Mr. George 

 Brook, E. L.S., formerly of Huddersfield, and now Lecturer in Comparative 

 Embryology in the University of Edinburgh, by whom we have been favoured 

 with copies of his papers on ' The Formation of the Germinal Layers in Teleostei,' 

 1886, 'Notes on the British species of Zeugopteris' (of which one, Z. papillosus, 

 is described as new), 1887, 'On the Epiblastic Origin of the Segmental Duct in 

 Teleostean Eishes and in Birds,' 1887, and ' Notes on the Reproduction of Lost 

 Parts in the Lobster,' 18S6, all illustrated by plates. 



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Our old and valued correspondent, Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, has sent us a copy 

 of a paper published by him in the ' Canadian Entomologist ' for March 1889 on 

 ' The Citation of Localities,' in which he calls attention to the loose and careless 

 way in which localities are cited for specimens, instancing ' Colorado,' which may 

 not only refer to any altitude from 4,000 ft. to 14,000 ft., and to anywhere within 

 an area of no less than 103,948 square miles, but actually includes portions of two 

 distinct zoo-geographical regions. Mr. Cockerell urges upon collectors — with 

 ample reason — the importance of accurate detail in matters of this kind. 

 July 1889. 



