: Notes—Ornithology. . : 
Fuligula marila (L). Scaup. 20th May. I noticed one adult ; 
male and female off the sluice in this parish this morning, 
y some small flocks of the Common Scoter, male and 
female, all It. Further out in the river some other — 
i ducks, probably—from their size, colour, and pose on the 
os water—Fuligula cristata. 
Limosa lapponica (L.). Bar-tailed Godwit. 20th May. — 
A small flock boring the muds along the tide edge; no 
red- uesksted birds amongst them ao 
Muscicapa atricapilla L. Pied Plycet tcher. Mr. Philip Loten 
oe says—in litt.—.a considerable number the last fortnight and 
1 up to the 19th May near and about Easington. 
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_ NOTES—ORNITHOLOGY. 
_ Kingfisher within aly araicbi bg kt n the year 1897 a pair of 
_ Kingfishers (Alcedo ispida L din Aabewe tae overhanging an eee ae 
pool containing Trout (S 0 a Mr. Gs) 4} 
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Jas. EARDLEY MASON, Kenmare, Ireland, Apr 
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imself, and “have ber seen the spot.— 
rs near Harr 
samers yea (1898) 
an i be 
ink the a Breeding: of the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker in this neghe 
_ bou tiaod is worth recording.—KENNETH MCLEAN, Pennine View , Harro- 
eit ist May 1899. 
_. Horncastle cade ee —In wa thiste: to Tumby a fortnight ago, along 
the i sean Canal, I put up a Green Jeary fn lar aha gs ochropus), 
; y one “se y of t 
birds seem to pass over us and stay a few da on with eas sehen course i 
_ migrating early in August. Most years lately I cave seen two or thre 
- them, pang. them up at solitary pon 
The n raat va after Pg Ged “the ‘Green Sandpiper, I put up a Snipe 
i 
(Gallinago eallinaga fe from a pond in one of my fields in Langton. — I} 
e Snipe inal shi but sits was evidently on its poset £ 
and probably ait stayed a as I have not seen 
A flight Anas doschas) a 
f Wild Ducks ( 
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