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  last 
  near 
  Euskington, 
  Sleaford. 
  It 
  is 
  rather 
  a 
  curious 
  coincidence 
  that 
  

   two 
  years 
  ago, 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  day, 
  a 
  bird 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  was 
  obtained 
  

   about 
  nine 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  (c/. 
  Zool. 
  1902, 
  p. 
  112). 
  The 
  

   Waxwing 
  (a 
  male) 
  was 
  shot 
  at 
  Brant 
  Broughton 
  on 
  Jan. 
  8th. 
  There 
  

   were 
  six 
  of 
  the 
  wax-like 
  tips 
  on 
  each 
  wing. 
  — 
  F. 
  L. 
  Blathwayt 
  

   (5, 
  Monks 
  Leys 
  Terrace, 
  Lincoln). 
  

  

  Lanner 
  Falcou 
  in 
  Lancashire. 
  — 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  Lanner 
  Falcon 
  

   (Faleo 
  feldeggi) 
  was 
  picked 
  up 
  dead 
  on 
  the 
  seashore 
  near 
  Carnforth, 
  

   Lancashire, 
  on 
  April 
  26th, 
  1902. 
  This 
  bird, 
  which 
  is 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   countries 
  bordering 
  the 
  Mediterranean, 
  has 
  never 
  occurred 
  in 
  Great 
  

   Britain 
  before. 
  The 
  specimen 
  is 
  a 
  female, 
  not 
  quite 
  adult, 
  but 
  almost 
  

   so. 
  The 
  wing 
  measurement 
  is 
  14*5 
  in., 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  male 
  being 
  13*2 
  in. 
  

   It 
  was 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  for 
  some 
  weeks, 
  during 
  which 
  time 
  several 
  

   men 
  tried 
  to 
  shoot 
  it, 
  and 
  eventually 
  it 
  was 
  picked 
  up 
  dead 
  by 
  the 
  

   owner, 
  and 
  almost 
  warm, 
  having 
  a 
  recent 
  shot-wound 
  beneath 
  the 
  

   wing. 
  During 
  its 
  residence 
  on 
  the 
  marsh 
  it 
  appeared 
  to 
  live 
  upon 
  

   small 
  waders. 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  whether 
  this 
  bird 
  is 
  used 
  in 
  falconry 
  or 
  

   no, 
  but 
  if 
  any 
  gentleman 
  lost 
  a 
  Lanner 
  Falcon 
  in 
  February 
  or 
  March, 
  

   1902, 
  I 
  shall 
  be 
  glad 
  if 
  he 
  will 
  mention 
  the 
  circumstance, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  

   bird 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  classed 
  as 
  a 
  truly 
  British 
  occurrence. 
  — 
  H. 
  W. 
  Kobin- 
  

   son 
  (Lansdowne 
  House, 
  Lancaster). 
  

  

  Great 
  Skua 
  (Stercorarius 
  catarrhactes) 
  in 
  the 
  Irish 
  Sea. 
  — 
  It 
  will 
  

   no 
  doubt 
  interest 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  Balfe 
  and 
  other 
  ornithologists 
  to 
  hear 
  that 
  on 
  

   July 
  20th, 
  1903, 
  both 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  Williams, 
  of 
  Dublin, 
  and 
  myself 
  had 
  a 
  

   splendid 
  view 
  of 
  a 
  Great 
  Skua 
  in 
  Holyhead 
  Harbour, 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  

   landing-stage. 
  We 
  descried 
  the 
  bird, 
  hotly 
  pursuing 
  a 
  Lesser 
  Black- 
  

   backed 
  Gull, 
  as 
  we 
  stood 
  on 
  the 
  deck 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  cross-Channel 
  

   steamers. 
  This 
  Skua 
  is 
  rarely 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  Irish 
  Sea, 
  and 
  a 
  visit 
  so 
  

   close 
  to 
  shipping 
  traffic 
  seems 
  somewhat 
  unusual. 
  Possibly 
  this 
  was 
  

   the 
  same 
  bird 
  that 
  was 
  taken 
  at 
  Douglas, 
  Isle 
  of 
  Man, 
  on 
  a 
  baited 
  hook 
  

   later 
  in 
  the 
  season, 
  as 
  recorded 
  by 
  Mr. 
  P. 
  Ralfe 
  (ante, 
  p. 
  33). 
  — 
  C. 
  J. 
  

   Patten 
  (University 
  College, 
  Sheffield). 
  

  

  Birds 
  of 
  Oxfordshire 
  or 
  Buckinghamshire 
  ? 
  — 
  I 
  am 
  glad 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   the 
  means 
  of 
  bringing 
  forward 
  a 
  champion 
  for 
  the 
  somewhat 
  neglected 
  

   ornithology 
  of 
  Buckinghamshire. 
  In 
  recording, 
  as 
  I 
  have 
  for 
  many 
  

   years, 
  the 
  ornithological 
  occurrences 
  in 
  Oxfordshire, 
  I 
  confess 
  I 
  have 
  

   always 
  declined 
  to 
  be 
  bound 
  strictly 
  by 
  a 
  purely 
  artificial 
  boundary, 
  

   especially 
  as 
  no 
  one 
  has 
  of 
  late 
  years 
  taken 
  the 
  trouble 
  to 
  record 
  the 
  

   occurrence 
  of 
  rare 
  birds 
  in 
  that 
  part 
  of 
  Bucks 
  which 
  adjoins 
  Oxon, 
  or, 
  

   until 
  recently, 
  those 
  in 
  Berks. 
  In 
  this 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  support 
  and 
  approval 
  

  

  