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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  Late 
  Appearance 
  of 
  House-Martins 
  at 
  Eastbourne. 
  — 
  T 
  think 
  it 
  

   may 
  be 
  said 
  that 
  the 
  House-Martin 
  is 
  generally 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  at 
  East- 
  

   bourne 
  during 
  the 
  third 
  week 
  in 
  November, 
  but 
  seldom 
  so 
  late 
  as 
  the 
  

   2Gth. 
  The 
  latest 
  ever 
  seen 
  by 
  me 
  were 
  two 
  at 
  Beachy 
  Head, 
  Dec. 
  1st, 
  

   1888, 
  and 
  another 
  was 
  seen 
  there 
  by 
  my 
  brother 
  on 
  the 
  9th 
  of 
  that 
  

   month. 
  — 
  Robert 
  Morris 
  ("Fernhurst," 
  Uckfield). 
  

  

  " 
  Xanthochroism 
  " 
  in 
  the 
  Greenfinch 
  (Ligurinus 
  chloris). 
  — 
  I 
  have 
  

   just 
  seen, 
  at 
  Mr. 
  Nash's, 
  the 
  birdstuffer, 
  in 
  Lincoln, 
  a 
  curious 
  variety 
  

   of 
  the 
  Greenfinch. 
  The 
  colour 
  of 
  the 
  bird 
  is 
  chiefly 
  of 
  a 
  pale 
  canary- 
  

   yellow, 
  brighter 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  tail-coverts 
  and 
  paler 
  on 
  the 
  head 
  and 
  

   under 
  parts. 
  The 
  four 
  right 
  rectrices 
  and 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  primaries 
  and 
  

   secondaries 
  appear 
  of 
  the 
  normal 
  colour, 
  while 
  others 
  are 
  white 
  or 
  pale 
  

   yellow. 
  The 
  primaries 
  show 
  the 
  conspicuous 
  yellow 
  outer 
  webs, 
  so 
  

   the 
  bird 
  was 
  probably 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  sex. 
  The 
  bird 
  presents 
  a 
  curious 
  

   washed-out 
  appearance, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  trace 
  of 
  olive-green 
  in 
  the 
  

   plumage. 
  I 
  was 
  told 
  that 
  it 
  had 
  been 
  obtained 
  about 
  Dec. 
  12th, 
  1903, 
  

   a 
  few 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  city 
  of 
  Lincoln. 
  I 
  am 
  unaware 
  whether 
  this 
  

   species 
  is 
  much 
  subject 
  to 
  variation 
  ; 
  perhaps 
  this 
  specimen 
  resembled 
  

   the 
  one 
  recorded 
  in 
  ' 
  The 
  Zoologist 
  ' 
  for 
  1885, 
  p. 
  110. 
  Mr. 
  Nash 
  also 
  

   received 
  about 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  a 
  Yellow 
  Bunting, 
  which, 
  were 
  it 
  not 
  for 
  

   the 
  shape 
  of 
  its 
  bill 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  darker 
  feathers 
  in 
  the 
  plumage, 
  might 
  

   easily 
  be 
  mistaken 
  for 
  a 
  cage 
  Canary. 
  — 
  F. 
  L. 
  Blathwayt 
  (5, 
  Monks 
  

   Leys 
  Terrace, 
  Lincoln). 
  

  

  Snow-Geese 
  (Chen 
  hyperboreus) 
  in 
  Co. 
  Mayo. 
  — 
  Having 
  been 
  in- 
  

   formed 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Williams 
  of 
  the 
  capture 
  of 
  the 
  pair 
  of 
  Snow-Geese 
  in 
  

   Co. 
  Longford 
  (Zool. 
  1903, 
  p. 
  459), 
  I 
  asked 
  my 
  friend 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  Knox, 
  of 
  

   Belgarriff, 
  Foxford, 
  to 
  look 
  out 
  for 
  any 
  white 
  Wild 
  Geese 
  with 
  black- 
  

   tipped 
  wings 
  visiting 
  the 
  Wild 
  Goose 
  haunts 
  of 
  this 
  neighbourhood 
  ; 
  and, 
  

   strange 
  to 
  say, 
  on 
  Dec. 
  1st, 
  when 
  walking 
  in 
  his 
  avenue 
  on 
  that 
  day, 
  

   four 
  Snow-Geese 
  passed 
  over 
  his 
  head 
  (quite 
  within 
  shot) 
  on 
  their 
  way 
  

   to 
  that 
  great 
  Wild 
  Goose 
  haunt 
  of 
  North 
  Mayo 
  — 
  the 
  wide 
  expanse 
  of 
  

   Foxford 
  meadows 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  Biver 
  Moy. 
  There 
  was 
  no 
  mistake 
  

   in 
  identification, 
  for 
  the 
  black-tipped 
  wings 
  showed 
  out 
  strongly 
  

   against 
  the 
  white 
  plumage. 
  One 
  day 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  November 
  

   last, 
  Capt. 
  Kirkwood, 
  of 
  Bartragh, 
  had 
  his 
  attention 
  called 
  by 
  his 
  

   daughter 
  to 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  eight 
  birds 
  flying 
  over 
  the 
  island 
  from 
  the 
  bay. 
  

   They 
  appeared 
  perfectly 
  white, 
  but, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  distance, 
  he 
  did 
  not 
  

   notice 
  any 
  black 
  on 
  the 
  wings 
  ; 
  but 
  what 
  chiefly 
  attracted 
  his 
  attention 
  

   was 
  their 
  small 
  size 
  — 
  not 
  half 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  Swans, 
  which 
  he 
  at 
  first 
  

   thought 
  them 
  to 
  be. 
  — 
  Robert 
  Warren 
  (Moy 
  view, 
  Ballina). 
  

  

  