Ons ORNEHOLIEY. 
_Sclavonian Grebe in the East Riding.—On 30th November I h 
a aoe male specimen of this bird (Podiceps auritus L.) bro: ught t to me, *t 
had Bee shot on’ flood water ted forty cai from the sea, as the crow 
pa, thes et aie g it [ found the stomach full of its own Body feathers 
‘ and thas elytra of various water beetles.—OxLEy GRABHAM, Heworth, 
bi yes ae cabaae ber 1898. 
destructive to many lo u ast. 
ards (A; nas pices Wandeock (Scolopax rusticola), and a Storm Petrel 
( Procclaria " lagica) were one! hes Ste The latter bird is not at all 
.—H d 
sae 
we had take ; a ot so: 
days later, I found that she had not taken to t em. n exa mination, the 
__whole of the eggs were quite fresh, and there was nothing, so far as incuba~ 
ree ot : ot i 
ever, ¢ 
one laying the full complement of four, another bird three, and the third two. 
‘Itis extremely unlikely that the nest had been added to by a endl hand for 
| @ practical joke, as the place is a very remote one miles from 
_ nearest habitat 
that the keeper had tampered with it z having Lnown bois for some 
he occurrence is so unusual you may deem it sufficiently noteworthy ot 
panier 
day followin ng the one I took the Curlew’s eggs, I found a deserted 
Ligwine ( Vanellus aroma with seven, ee Ie miles from the other 
s had been partly ‘examined,’ rrion Crow Bee ea 
VID nde ELBURN, oc Lodge, Bishop pe A ieees 20th Nov. 1898. 
acular Names of Birds at Skelmanthorpe.— —The ‘Pliowny are 
real ones. ask villi aay. dias so, and s some of the scholars were sur rpr ised to 
_ find that birds which they had ofte red about they had been familiar with 
for years, but under another alee = 
Corn D 
e, ‘Dress Drake.’ Meadow Pipit, ‘Chit Lark.’ 
Night Jar, ‘Gabble Ratch.’ Long-tailed Tit, ‘ Feather Poak,’ 
le i‘ aed s Bitch.’ a ifchaff, ‘Pegg 
Wren, ‘Run Sedge Warbler, * Small Straw.’ 
tects. <Pyaet. : Whinchat, ‘achat.’ 
Starling, ‘Shep Wheatear, W lichat. 
esser Redpole, *‘Chivy Linnet.’ Fieldfare, ‘ Fellferds.’ 
Chaffinch,. ving Missel Thrush, ‘Storm 
x ellowhammer ‘Yoldrin 
"RED. LAwTo! ON, Goaanot: End, i hme sacs Hi near Huddersfield, 8th 
ovember 1 1898. Naturalist. 
