rai ih 
shor: pet it is doubtless an importatio but deserves a record peta in 
—E YFORD, 2, Rockingham Btreet; Parniley, 17th Feb, 
ee a ae 
NOTES—ORNITHOLOGY. 
i = shers near Huddersfield.—Noticing Mr. Porritt’s note on the 
occurre of the Kingtisher (Alcedo ispida) ws “Huddersfield it may be of 
interest ‘to aed that I gions a specimen of the bird from that t neighbour- 
hi n to me by the late ohn Walker of eri same town; and that 
although the bird in question had been killed some twenty-five par ago, 
it was even then loo ne upon as a rare bird for the district, —J. Bac OUSE, 
F.L.S., F.Z.S., M.B.O.U., Harrogate, 14th January 1 
Bird d-Protection at Walney Island and Barrow-in-Furness.—After 
some months effort, a few energetic men have succeeded in obtaining — 
rom the i 
ruary 1898, ‘| 
taking or sew ing of the eggs of ay species of wild birds is prohibited 
e years; an 
i om ring the 
of birds in the other parts of the borou The Tow ue ouncil of Barrow 
have had good pachlenih- Pr Du patord: e f Barnsley (* Birds of Mobre ec G 1883), 
Mr. H. wpeidirs of Barrow, and enh ight It d be unfair, 
perhaps, to part totais yee I believe it is due vot these segattionas that 
any small interest whic e local euthouities felt ps the matter, has been 
‘used in the furtheran mi the object he had at heart.—S. L. PETTY, 
Ulverston, 31st Jan. 808. 
Kingfisher in Lake Lancashire.—In answer to this inquiry I b 
the following notes to icy The Kingfisher ( Alcedo ispida ) is rare in the Esth- 
waite Valley, and I never but a saw it (roth March 1887) at Pool Bridge, 
a the | s Bri 
and the sea. “Wh hen greg stationmaster at ‘Keats Bank phrkist me in ert 
never myself seen it, nor has the Senate 
Rydal estates pies seen it hereabouts either. But the hay is, of course, — 
on both shores a Westmorland : stream.—Marv Ly Peder Rydal Co ae : 
Ambleside, 15h Dec. a ae 
