106 MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 
NOTE—FISHES. 
Large Cod at Flamborough.—The other day a large Codfish (Gadus 
morrhua) was shot at the South gear ih Hiehoasak, It had, no doubt, been 
ay he some small dabs and had come ope near the shore, when observed 
ape who shot the fish.k— MATTHEW BaILey, Flamborough, 
tone ea 895. 
NOTE—BOTANY. 
Bekansgill.—I observe the note on this subject on page 82 of the riggers 
for March. There is, it seems to me, ha aig a possibility of doubt that place- 
cru mp in 
ian key that 1 in n1gr2 e was some local plant growing in the valley, know 
as Bekan. The *s vide verse indicates this to have been the Prsieta 
adulca amara, or Bitterswee t, which, I understand, grows in the valley in great 
profusion, or at least, did so recently. But Seon anyone ei evidence of the 
dialect- — d from ee other source ?—JOHN HAWELL, Ingleby-Greenhow Vicarage, 
March 1 
[It should be mentioned that Mr. af ay responsible for the heading to 
his et in our last number. The heading was inserted editorially, and perhaps 
assumes more than Mr. Petty meant to imply in his note.—ED. ] 
NOTE—MAMMALTIA. 
The Otter’s Method of Feeding.—Yesterday, as “I was walking with 
a friend ae Ons banks of no “Rive Sastedegi just below Ayton, watching the 
Md ef ing their even r attention was attracted by the head 
tail ee a ate Pike (Bor ines ying in a broad strip of mud at the edge 
of i stream, t was easy to een dining there, for the unmistake- 
able foot-prints of a large Otter ‘Uses ‘utr were plainly stamped in the wet 
mud. Bell says the Otter, in devouring fish, begins with the head, and rejects only 
the tail. In this h il were "yt Certainly a Pike’s head doe 
ae wrecd inviting, and it is easy to understand the Otter s 
- “4 al pract . e in this particular case.—W. C. Hey, Derwent House, West Ayton, 
or Mate 23rd, 1895. 
NOTE—ORNITHOLOGY. 
Flamborough Bird-Notes.—This year has come in with a vengeance and 
Pai -like force. Who would have expected it so severe considering the very 
h 
¥ appearance on 
our coast, and thousands o olden Plovers (Charadrius pluvialis), rather 
unusual visitors here. A is Snow Buntings ee pce pesweiys rrived, 
and a great many Larks (4/auda arvensis) have come m the When last 
I wrote a peniecs stranger had arrived, a beautiful little bird ienene s the Weaver, 
a jee Some think it is an escape. Can anyone tell me whether there are 
ept in confi in England ?—MatruHew BaILey, Flamborough, 
pees sind cat, 1895. 
We owe Mr. Bailey and our readers an apology for the delay in gop this 
note, owing to its having been histvertantty mislaid. As will be seen, it contains 
one of the earliest records of Mergulus alle.—EDp.] 
Naturalist, 
