iOO bftNITHOtOGtCAL ^OTES. By G. JBOLAM 



high ridge of rock upon the crest of the moor, and probably 

 an old nesting station of the species. Unfortunately the 

 female was trapped, by one of the keepers, on 22nd October, 

 a beautiful bird, in perfect plumage, and weighing 47:^ ozs., 

 when she came into my possession, two days later. The 

 survivor continued to frequent the place until the following 

 spring. 



In the autumn of 1898, a solitary Raven appeared upon 

 the Eglinghatn and Harehope moors, where, as a stranger, 

 it attracted much attention. It was finally shot by James 

 Rough, about the beginning of November ; he had observed 

 that it was iu the habit of visiting, every morning, an old 

 tree stump near the Ditchburn march, and he accordingly 

 laid in wait, and shot it one morning, as it flew to its 

 perch, just after daybreak. 



Goldfinch. Carduelis eleyans, Stephens. 



This pretty bird seems to be holding its own in the 

 district, and may [)erhaps even be increasing. On 4th 

 January 1899, I noticed one frequenting a plantation near 

 Felkington, where, though only one bird was seen, it was 

 scarcely likely to be aloue. Mr Murdie saw one at Heifer- 

 law Bank, near Alnwick, on 17th June in the same year, 

 which, he informs me, is the only one he has ever noticed 

 there duriug summer. On 30th November following I saw 

 two, feeding on thistle seed, on the banks of the Breamish, 

 at Beanley ; and Captain Norman tells me that one was 

 seen, near Berwick, on 3rd February last. 



At the meeting of the Club, in Redewater, in 1898, I 

 mentioned that I had seen a pair near Otterburn, on 14th 

 July of that year, which, from their actions, and the season 

 of the year, were no doubt nesting in the vicinity. 



Wryneck. lynx torquilla, Linn. 



With the stream of Pied Flycatchers, and other commoner 

 migrants, which reached us on 10th May 1899, there were 

 at least two or three specimens of that much rarer bird, the 

 Wryneck. Indeed, the first living example of this species, 



