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the Starling's notes are strictly its own, implying thereby that the species 

 is devoid of the gift of mimicry — not to dwell on other literary nuggets of 

 an equally apocryphal nature. If Mr. Shelley is an ardent field-ornitho- 

 logist, he will doubtless have observed many points of interest concerning 

 which books are for the most part silent. — H. S. Davenport. 



Bearded Titmouse in Middlesex. — No doubt it is worth recording 

 that on May 3rd I saw a Bearded Tit by the River Brent (near Stonebridge 

 Park). There was no mistaking it or uncertainty, as I had it under obser- 

 vation for nearly a quarter of an hour. — H. T. Booth (Upcerne Road, 

 Chelsea). 



Arrival of Summer Migrants at Staines. — March 27th : Chiffchaff. 

 Willow Wren ; April 2nd : Cuckoo, Wryneck ; 8th : Redstart ; 10th : 

 Swallow ; 13th : Common Sandpiper ; 18th : Yellow Wagtail, Sedge 

 Warbler; 24th: Whinchat, Nightingale, Sand-Martin, Landrail; 25th: 

 Blackcap ; 29th : House-Martin, Swift ; 30th : Whitethroat, Lesser White- 

 throat ; May 6th : Turtle Dove. — Graham W. Kerr (Staines). 



Arrival of Summer Migrants at Malahide, Co. Dublin. — March 

 15th: Wheatear ; 23rd: Chiffchaff; April 11th: Sand-MartiD, Swallow; 

 18th : Willow- Wren ; 21st : Landrail ; 25th : Cuckoo, Swift ; 26th : 

 Lesser Tern ; 30th : Common Sandpiper ; May 3rd : Whitethroat ; 10th ; 

 Spotted Flycatcher, Sedge Warbler. — J. Trumbull. 



Notes from Co. Donegal. — I have seen in the shop of Mr. Rohn, Dublin, 

 a Grey Phalarope sent him by his brother, the principal lighthouse keeper, 

 Tory Island, Co. Donegal, on November 18th, 1895, also a pretty variety of 

 the Rock Pipit from the same place, marked with white on the forehead and 

 neck. — G. E. H. Barrett-Hamilton. 



Lincolnshire Notes. — Having seen in the Ornithologist for April. 

 1896, a note on Lancashire bird names, I venture to hope that the follow- 

 ing short list of provincial bird names in Lincolnshire may not be without 

 interest to readers of the Ornithologist. The list is partly compiled from 

 Mr. Ed. Peacock's " Glossary of Words used in the Wapentakes of Manby 

 and Corringham, Lincolnshire." Mr. Peacock's list is much fuller, but 

 most of the following I have heard used myself, and the rest are taken from 

 a list made by my grandfather : — Kite : Gleiid, Gled. Kestrel : Windhover. 

 Owl : Hoolet, Jenny Hoolet. Fieldfare : Felfur. Missel Inrush : Storm- 

 cock. Whitethroat: Peggy Whitethroat. Blue Tit: Billy Biter. Long- 

 tailed Tit : Featherpoke, Bottle Tit. Pied Wagtail : Dish Washer. Yellow 

 Hammer : Gooly. Chaffinch : Pink. Goldfinch : Redcap. Starling : 

 Starnel. Hooded Crow : Royston Crow, Norway Crow. Magpie : Nanpie, 



