224 NOTES—ORNITHOLOGY. 
ABRAHAM SHACKLETON and THOMAS HEBDE or i ; 
New _ ores Li cig Abeae See ns a Dr. Dok Nylander of seven 
spec’ f Verru nd o cidea (Biatora), all from Malham 
Gordale, Cu Calingwort, Malsis, "Chosiili or Bra tieunies, Keighley]. Nat., 
Jan 17. 
ABRAHAM Saueon ie and THOMAS HEBDEN York Mid W S.W. 
Additi to the Lichen Flora of the West Pane & of Yorkshire ‘[being 
a list of 172 ahocies, of which 120 are new to t e West Yorkshire list]. Nat., 
1 C, Lionel Cc. S. 
yy icone Life Hailstones [spores of crypt — WS 
Then Bat not identified specifically]. Sci, Goss., July 1889, p. 163. 
NSON sle . 
tees of the Isle of Man—collected in September, 1892 [enumerating, 
polar stations and habitats, and brief descriptions, ree pba i spores 5 50 
pecies d 10 varieties]. Midl. Nat., Nov. an ec. 3, p 
2126 ; briefly reviewed in Grevillea, Dec. 1893, p. 60 ; Grevillen, june Sob 
I1s- -116; and by A. G.i ae of Bot., egies,» 1894, p. 252. 
NOTES—ORNITHOLOG if 
Raven and Peregrine g in tmorland.—I am ag to say that 
some friends of mine who took three ome! out of a Per Falcon (Falco 
peregrinus)’s nest not far from — Pike, filed ha take . Raven's nest in the 
same locality hey saw five s (Corvus co ees remain ! 
R. E. LeEacu, The boudbond ps School, Avetaby,: Weatetint, ag fe 7th, 1895. 
ccurrence of d ting 9: 
Washb Valley. t one nes Woodcocks (Scolopax rusticola) 
ave been safely reared in the valley of the Washburn this spring, not far fro 
h 
last Autumn.—R. Forrune, _— yd House, Harrogate, June 1 
: e early part of Spri ng was ee with us this 
Redstarts in Lakelan 
year, and the first migrants vere a little behind time. Yet, while a genera neral 
to 22nd ak. April I met with, the bi rae oy the “Ith, —a usual date for its Tet 
appearance—but it was then keeping so closely i n ambush that I eg Les 
certainly Nave missed it but for the » NoMa of denier birds to it, and for 
species’ jealousy. ere were, in fact, two males together, playing abba “the 
a of a rae slope of scree, above a walled wood. ether feeding o 
(I suppose) could be here, surprised me. Was it only a contest of vanity, OF 
jealousy about nesting ground ? The Redstart is a highly self-conscious bird, and 
a jealous one—a tem that may be connected with his lovely rani but for 
either passion to break out against (I presume) a fellow-t watt. n after 
arrival, surely marks an access of it. I would like to know mo of the migration 
of the Redstart. Are there any of our read the perce rion igration, 
h e experience of it? Whether it travels in large bands, or but two OF 
three together? ere, near the strea urces mount: which no 
doubt it moves—it is seen first singly a red stations. The e I have 
fo ere and another from my brother-in-law’s note- ‘or April roth, ie 
k 
w two ona agg Peper after mee cree “a . only cases 
in which timle Redetarts any.—Mary L. ArmitT, Eden — 
Vale, Ambleside, aie sb oy 1895. eee 
Naturalist, 
