204 NOTES AND NEWS. 
selected appears of somewhat ‘ mixed’ sort, but Chester is a border 
full and complete, nor have others hesitated to place their stores 
of information at his disposal, points which are evidenced by the 
introductory remarks, and by the list of initials of contributors’ 
names given at the end. 
The number of birds placed on the list for the whole district is 
239, consisting of 223 considered to have occurred in a wild state, 
and of 16 which are either doubtful, extra-limital, or not wild. Of 
these, nine species are recorded for other than Cheshire localities, 
leaving the list of West Cheshire birds at 230 in all. The rarities 
are not many, owing to the fact that the whole area lies away 
from the great migration-routes and therefore catches but very few 
stragglers. 
Brockholes’ List of the Birds of Wirral, which is now very scarce, 
is for convenience incorporated and quoted literally under each 
species. 
It is one source of satisfaction to know that local specimens are 
Although we would in the strongest possible manner deprecate the 
slaughter of rarities, it is yet better that such examples as are killed 
should find their place in a public institution rather than in private 
hands. This fate has not befallen the Nightingales which are 
occurrence of that bird in Wales, perhaps in Cheshire too, requires 
confirmation, : 
The large map which is given, will prove very useful in making 
out the distribution given in the list. 
NOTES AND NEWS. 
of ay Waterton, gaged bes 1865 (the year in which he died at 
‘ha es of 83) by the late Mr. W. Hawkins, has been presented to the Linnean 
Societ 
ety b the ssietncs of the late Mrs. Pitt. Byrne (née Bus It is an excellent 
likeness, and ly bu ting. rtrait 15 
a small ving by Adlard, which forms a frontispiece to the third volume of the 
‘ Essays on Natural History,’ from an original oil pain selon é 
in Philadelphia in 1824, w! aterton was oh is 42nd year. 
the portrait with the bust shows a corresponden ‘dias: is cB at Pellowingg 
for the forty years which elapsed between the ron sitt 
Naturalist, 
