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  claws. 
  The 
  Bat 
  was 
  screaming, 
  and 
  so 
  called 
  the 
  man's 
  attention 
  to 
  

   the 
  fact. 
  I 
  have 
  the 
  pair 
  now 
  in 
  my 
  collection. 
  — 
  Jos. 
  P. 
  Green 
  

   (Bifrons, 
  Canterbury). 
  

  

  Peewit 
  Swimming. 
  — 
  In 
  ■ 
  The 
  Zoologist 
  ' 
  (ante, 
  p. 
  349), 
  I 
  was 
  in- 
  

   terested 
  in 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  T. 
  Rope's 
  account 
  of 
  a 
  young 
  Lapwing 
  swimming. 
  

   This 
  bird 
  can 
  swim 
  right 
  well, 
  and 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  all 
  averse 
  to 
  taking 
  to 
  the 
  

   water 
  when 
  occasion 
  requires 
  it 
  to 
  do 
  so. 
  In 
  the 
  course 
  of 
  my 
  winter's 
  

   wildfowl 
  shooting, 
  whenever 
  I 
  shoot 
  Lapwings 
  near 
  the 
  water, 
  if 
  the 
  

   winged 
  birds 
  cannot 
  escape 
  by 
  land, 
  they 
  always 
  take 
  to 
  the 
  water, 
  and 
  

   often 
  give 
  me 
  a 
  long 
  chase, 
  when 
  they 
  swim 
  away 
  in 
  all 
  directions, 
  and 
  

   if 
  a 
  strong 
  tide 
  is 
  flowing 
  it 
  is 
  surprising 
  how 
  quickly 
  they 
  get 
  away, 
  

   I 
  have 
  also 
  seen 
  them 
  take 
  to 
  the 
  water 
  when 
  hard 
  pressed 
  by 
  a 
  Pere- 
  

   grine, 
  and 
  in 
  one 
  instance, 
  after 
  dropping 
  to 
  the 
  water, 
  the 
  poor 
  bird 
  

   was 
  taken 
  up 
  by 
  the 
  Hawk 
  — 
  a 
  most 
  unusual 
  proceeding, 
  for 
  generally 
  

   the 
  Falcon 
  appears 
  baffled 
  by 
  the 
  bird^ 
  taking 
  to 
  the 
  water, 
  and, 
  after 
  

   circling 
  round 
  a 
  few 
  times, 
  goes 
  off 
  in 
  search 
  of 
  other 
  prey. 
  I 
  remember 
  

   one 
  day, 
  when 
  standing 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  here 
  watching 
  a 
  splendid 
  flight 
  

   of 
  a 
  Peregrine 
  at 
  a 
  Lapwing, 
  that, 
  after 
  several 
  times 
  avoiding 
  the 
  

   stoop 
  of 
  the 
  Falcon, 
  the 
  poor 
  Lapwing 
  was 
  so 
  exhausted 
  that 
  it 
  

   dropped 
  on 
  the 
  water, 
  and 
  swam 
  ashore 
  to 
  where 
  I 
  was 
  standing, 
  and 
  

   so 
  terrified 
  that 
  it 
  allowed 
  me 
  to 
  take 
  it 
  up 
  as 
  soon 
  as 
  it 
  reached 
  the 
  

   land. 
  The 
  Hawk 
  "waited 
  on" 
  and 
  swooped 
  down 
  when 
  I 
  held 
  the 
  

   Lapwing 
  up, 
  and 
  followed 
  me 
  close 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  I 
  held 
  the 
  Lapwing, 
  but 
  

   on 
  letting 
  it 
  loose 
  in 
  some 
  cover 
  the 
  Hawk 
  went 
  off. 
  — 
  Robert 
  Warren 
  

   (Moyview, 
  Ballina). 
  

  

  Grey 
  Phalarope 
  at 
  Aberdeen. 
  — 
  A 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  rarity 
  (Phalarojnis 
  

   fvlicarius) 
  was 
  caught 
  in 
  Aberdeen 
  Harbour, 
  Dec. 
  8th, 
  1903, 
  and 
  is 
  

   now 
  in 
  my 
  possession. 
  — 
  George 
  Sim 
  (Castle 
  Street, 
  Aberdeen). 
  

  

  Little 
  Gull 
  and 
  Ortolan 
  in 
  Norfolk. 
  — 
  On 
  Sept. 
  10th 
  my 
  brother, 
  

   R. 
  B. 
  Arnold, 
  shot 
  an 
  immature 
  Little 
  Gull 
  (Lariis 
  minutus) 
  near 
  

   Wells 
  (Norfolk). 
  The 
  wind 
  was 
  west. 
  It 
  was 
  a 
  very 
  darkly 
  barred 
  

   specimen. 
  On 
  Sept. 
  13th 
  I 
  got 
  a 
  female 
  Ortolan 
  (Emberiza 
  hortalana) 
  

   in 
  the 
  same 
  locality. 
  The 
  wind 
  was 
  south-west, 
  and 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  great 
  

   influx 
  of 
  Linnets 
  at 
  the 
  time. 
  — 
  E. 
  C. 
  Arnold 
  (Blackwater 
  House, 
  

   Eastbourne 
  College). 
  

  

  Ornithological 
  Notes 
  from 
  Richmond 
  and 
  Neighbourhood. 
  — 
  The 
  

   Great 
  Crested 
  Grebes 
  I 
  mentioned 
  in 
  a 
  former 
  note 
  (ante, 
  p. 
  193) 
  were 
  

   still 
  on 
  the 
  Penn 
  Ponds, 
  with 
  one 
  young 
  one, 
  on 
  Sept. 
  11th. 
  Though 
  

   not 
  exactly 
  in 
  this 
  neighbourhood, 
  it 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  out 
  of 
  place 
  to 
  men- 
  

   tion 
  that 
  I 
  counted 
  over 
  thirty 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  on 
  the 
  reservoir 
  at 
  

  

  