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white ; but the difference in size and a well marked difference 

 in the nature of the plumage suggest strongly that the smaller 

 bird is in its first year and the larger in its second. 



The occurrence of this party of ibises is one of the most 

 noteworthy events of recent years in local ornithology. The 

 Glossy Ibis, though fairly abundant in the southern and 

 eastern parts of the Continent, rarely finds its way to England, 

 and then as a rule only to the southern counties. There is 

 only one previous record of the species for Northumberland 

 or Durham, and that dates back to the time of Selby. The 

 stormy weather that prevailed about the time might be 

 supposed to have some connexion with the appearance of this 

 party, but as a matter of fact the worst gales were on the two 

 days following the arrival of the birds. Perhaps it is more 

 likely that their deviation from their normal migration track is 

 due to the same cause, whatever that may be, as has produced 

 the recent movement in the same direction on the part of that 

 other south-eastern bird the Sandgrouse. 



E. Leonard Gill. 



Lwiax tenellns Miill. at Corhridge. — In November, 1907, 

 on the Fell near Dipton Woods, Corbridge, I found two 

 specimens of this rare or rather little known slug. Mr. 

 Denison Roebuck kindly confirmed my identification. The 

 slugs were feeding on a large white fungus by the road-side 

 close to some fir trees. This is the first time Limax tetielhis 

 has been found in Northumberland, and it is specially 

 interesting because this is the nearest record to Shotley 

 Bridge, where the first British specimens were found by Mr. 

 Blacklock and recorded by Alder (Catalogue of the Mollusca 

 of Northumberland and Durham [1848], p. 31). It is probably 

 really not rare, although seldom seen because its habitat is 

 very different from that of most slugs, being always in the 

 neighbourhood of fir trees, sometimes on them. Also it is 

 specially to be found in the autumn months. It is to be 

 hoped that other Northumberland records will be forth- 

 cominsf. — Marie V. Lehour. 



