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presence. Nothing gave him more pleasure than assisting others, 
especially the young, in their scientific efforts, and I know of no 
single instance where his judgment of the individual, though 
generous, was at fault. With Mr. Archer’s death an important factor 
in the scientific work of Liverpool has gone. His well-known sturdy 
few could exchange ideas with him without adding to their know- 
ledge. It is sad to think that such a life should be sacrificed in its 
prime, but we have the satisfaction of feeling that Mr. aveeher: s good 
influence will long outlast him.—T. MELLArD READE 
NOTES— ORNITHOLOG Ys 
Gadwall in Yorkshire.—Although the ues of the paved: (Chaule- 
lasmus pity from our county are anything but ee. it is highly probable 
species occurs more commonly than is generally supposed mata 
i wa 
ot in February last at East Cottingwith, near York, ant ‘will A “be added 
to the museum of the Yorkshire Philosophical sera The Rev. H. A. Mac- 
pherson, who has made a —_ study of the d si tribe, and has examined ite 
bird in gues on, report is a ‘ bird of the year’ and pure bre 
7 USE, ie rogate March 8th, 1892. 
Birds uring etohe one a pair of Hawfinches (Cocco- 
thraustes Pic vall foot som — in ins _. I have not before 
seen any in this locality. e itty ral occasions. On November 
14th my son saw ten goldfi hs duclis Hegans) tegetees, t ina es tree, in the 
— flats. The Martins s (Chain sae that nest under the e of my gates 
gg _ oe — crue? y oods at the time when, in seeing se they have 
la dic iy aoe the “ee R. A. SUMMERFIELD, North 
Steiatey vidarage. Ripon, Jan. 2nd, 1892. 
Great Grey Shrike at Harrogate.—A specimen of this bird ee 
eager sil was seen by myself in Barber’s Coppice on January 27th, 18 
ee 
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killed near Chilwell. This baecieia which is in m pore » does no} shea 
sli i tae 
t the end of February, a specim n of the Great fet Shrike (Z. riage ie 
was killed at ee This s| we cimen, which appears to be a female, is ma: 
with considera white e secondaries than on the primaries. we 
appears to | ae) Be D chorea -bred ee sca i apache B. WHITLOCK, Beeston, Notts., 
92. 
Kittiwake Inland and Great sem Shrike near Knaresborough.— As my 
ras and I were walking to Arkendale on the 26th of January, we saw sitting on a 
edge, a Great Grey Shrike (Zanius peat When it took wing its magpie- 
tike flight left no doubt as to its identity. 
On the 20th of February a Kittiwake (Rissa tr eee) was brought to me 
for identification. It had fet taken alive in a field Pi coe. the village of 
Staveley. There were 22° of fro i on the 18th, followed by a snow-storm from 
the had on the 19th. No doubt the bird had been driven inland by the storm 
ras fou 
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this mee it ans. pre i — freely. % however, only lived a "sho rt ne in 
eye and died on the 2oth. proved on dissection to be oes 
€ 29t 
E. P. KNuBLEy, ‘Staveley Rectory, March bie 1892. an : 
