124 NOTES—-FISHES AND HYMENOPTERA. 
between the Tees Mouth and Huntcliffe ; two were picked up alive 
on the beach, having been driven ashore by the rough seas. 27th.— 
Two Red-necked Grebes and an immature Black-throated Diver 
were shot early in the morning. I went off about ten o’clock, and 
obtained another specimen of P. griseigena; we saw several more, 
but the wind rose and obliged us to come ashore. A few Green 
Plover and Larks came over. Wind strong from S.W. 
FEBRUARY. 7th.—Another Red-necked Grebe was shot, and 
(Z. glaucus) were shot from a boat between Redcar and Marske. 
25th.—A wounded Grey-Lag Goose (Amser cinereus) was brought in 
by one of the fishing cobles. A Lark came over the sea at 1 p.m. 
The weather during the last week of this month was calm and foggy ; 
the sea perfectly smooth. On the 27th I observed a Red-throated 
Diver (Colymbus septentrionalis) within two yards of the shore, near 
East Scar; at one time when it dived there must have been barely 
water enough to cover its back. 
NOTE—FISHES. 
Abundance of Haddocks off the coast of Redcar.—It may be desirable 
t of Maddocks suddenly appeared 
e N.E. coast in the month of f January last ; for the space of three weeks the 
co sles had splendid catches, varying from 10 0 to 30 score, all fine well-fed fish, 
ranging from 3 lbs. to 8 lbs. in weight. From all parts of the coast of Yorkshire, 
and northward into Scotland, came reports of these fish being taken in byes: 
nu — but they iaoeant just as oc haps sly as they came. Theo 
men say they never remember such a quantity of Haddocks (Gadus gates 
at cide time of the year.—T. H. NELson, Redcar, 26th February, 1891. 
NOTE—HYVMENOPTERA. 
onderance of the Female in Sirex.—On several occasions I have 
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and dead, a 
— -place. I have also had Sirex juvencus given to me alive, but all these 
male: d that in mo i book 
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room. I find there is a good figure in Newman’s History of Insects.—F. GEO 
Kirton-in-Lindsey, January 17th, 1891 
Naturalist, 
