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  THE 
  ZOOLOGIST. 
  

  

  it 
  for 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  the 
  Belfast 
  Museum. 
  These 
  birds 
  were 
  seeu 
  on 
  

   their 
  usual 
  haunt 
  — 
  the 
  damp 
  sandy 
  pasture 
  outside 
  the 
  Bartragh 
  garden 
  

   — 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  always 
  to 
  be 
  met 
  with 
  when 
  visiting 
  the 
  island. 
  They 
  

   have 
  now 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  visit 
  Bartragh 
  every 
  spring 
  for 
  seven 
  years 
  in 
  

   succession, 
  regularly 
  appearing 
  in 
  April 
  or 
  May, 
  almost 
  always 
  after 
  

   or 
  during 
  high 
  northerly 
  winds, 
  which 
  evidently 
  delay 
  their 
  flight, 
  

   causing 
  them 
  to 
  drop 
  down 
  on 
  Bartragh 
  to 
  rest 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  hours 
  before 
  

   continuing 
  their 
  northerly 
  course. 
  The 
  numbers 
  seen 
  vary 
  very 
  much. 
  

   Some 
  seasons 
  only 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  birds 
  seen, 
  occasionally 
  five 
  or 
  six, 
  but 
  

   one 
  season 
  (that 
  of 
  1898) 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  fifteen 
  birds 
  was 
  observed, 
  and 
  

   these 
  only 
  rested 
  for 
  three 
  or 
  four 
  hours, 
  and 
  then 
  resumed 
  their 
  

   northern 
  flight. 
  — 
  Robert 
  Warren 
  (Moyview, 
  Ballina). 
  

  

  An 
  unrecorded 
  Occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  Scarlet 
  Grosbeak. 
  — 
  A 
  specimen 
  

   of 
  the 
  Scarlet 
  Grosbeak 
  (Pyrrhula 
  erythrina) 
  is 
  preserved 
  in 
  the 
  

   collection 
  of 
  stuffed 
  birds 
  at 
  Maesllwch 
  Castle, 
  Glasbury-on-Wye, 
  

   where 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  pleasure 
  of 
  inspecting 
  it 
  upon 
  May 
  5th. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  male 
  

   in 
  full 
  plumage, 
  and 
  shows 
  no 
  indication 
  of 
  having 
  been 
  in 
  confine- 
  

   ment. 
  I 
  am 
  informed 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  shot 
  about 
  thirty 
  years 
  since 
  by 
  a 
  

   gamekeeper 
  named 
  Sharp, 
  then 
  living 
  at 
  a 
  place 
  called 
  Higherlaud, 
  

   upon 
  the 
  Grouse-moors 
  near 
  Painscastle, 
  Radnorshire. 
  Sharp, 
  who 
  

   is 
  still 
  living, 
  states 
  that 
  he 
  saw 
  the 
  bird 
  on 
  the 
  hill 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  

   beyond 
  Glascombe, 
  and 
  that 
  he 
  believes 
  it 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  — 
  

   J. 
  H. 
  Salter 
  (University 
  College, 
  Aberystwyth). 
  

  

  Moorhen's 
  Egg 
  in 
  Nest 
  of 
  Magpie. 
  — 
  While 
  out 
  sacking 
  Magpies' 
  

   nests 
  on 
  April 
  30th 
  with 
  my 
  brother, 
  I 
  came 
  across 
  a 
  Magpie's 
  nest 
  

   up 
  a 
  thick 
  thorn-hedge, 
  about 
  one 
  hundred 
  yards 
  from 
  a 
  small 
  

   stream, 
  while 
  on 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  hedge 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  small 
  pool. 
  

   After 
  getting 
  up 
  to 
  it, 
  and 
  putting 
  my 
  hand 
  in, 
  to 
  my 
  surprise 
  I 
  felt 
  

   one 
  egg 
  much 
  larger 
  than 
  the 
  others, 
  and 
  this 
  turned 
  out 
  to 
  belong 
  to 
  

   a 
  Moorhen. 
  As 
  there 
  were 
  also 
  three 
  ordinary 
  Magpie's 
  eggs 
  in 
  

   the 
  nest, 
  this 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  deposited 
  by 
  the 
  Moorhen, 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  

   obvious 
  no 
  one 
  had 
  been 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  nest 
  previously. 
  I 
  should 
  be 
  

   glad 
  to 
  know 
  if 
  this 
  has 
  ever 
  been 
  heard 
  of 
  before. 
  We 
  have 
  never 
  

   seen 
  it, 
  although 
  we 
  have 
  taken 
  some 
  three 
  hundred 
  nests 
  in 
  similar 
  

   country 
  at 
  the 
  foot 
  of 
  the 
  Clee 
  Hills 
  in 
  Salop. 
  — 
  G. 
  Tojikinson 
  (Franche 
  

   Hall, 
  near 
  Kidderminster). 
  

  

  Ornithological 
  Notes 
  made 
  on 
  a 
  Trip 
  to 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  — 
  

   Lat. 
  23° 
  11' 
  N., 
  long. 
  30° 
  39' 
  W., 
  Jan. 
  23rd.— 
  At 
  7 
  a.m. 
  a 
  bird 
  much 
  

   resembling 
  a 
  Little 
  Egret 
  (Arrfeagarzctta) 
  was 
  seen 
  to 
  flyover 
  the 
  bows 
  

   of 
  our 
  ship, 
  hovering 
  round 
  it 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  minutes, 
  and 
  then 
  flew 
  off 
  due 
  

  

  