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lately come into ray possession. It was shot on January 22nd, at Smalley, 

 near Ilkeston.— B. Rose (Nottingham). 



Waxwing in Northamptonshire.— Just as this page is going to press 

 we learn from an esteemed correspondent, resident in the county, that a 

 few Waxwings have lately been met with in Northamptonshire. 



Brunnich's Guillemot on the Yorkshire Coast. — On Dec. 7th last 

 a specimen of this rare Arctic visitor was shot in North Bay, Scarborough, 

 and taken to Mr. W. J. Clarke, taxidermist, of that town, who very kindly 

 forwarded it to me for inspection, and I had the pleasure of exhibiting it at 

 a meeting of the Linnean Society. The occurrence of this species in the 

 British Islands has been so rarely proved that it is of interest to place 

 on record some details respecting the specimen now referred to. The 

 measurements, taken while the bird was still uuskinned, were as follows : — 

 Total length, 18 in.; length of wing from carpal joint to end of longest 

 primary, 8£ in. ; total expanse of wings, 4 2i£ in. On comparing it with a 

 Common Guillemot the beak was found to be decidedly shorter and thicker ; 

 and the white line on the edge of the upper mandible, running from the 

 gape to the nostrils, very distinct ; head, nape, and back pure black, without 

 any brownish tinge ; the white of the under parts running up to a point on 

 the front of the neck, not to a rounded arch as in the Common Guillemot; 

 tarsi and toes dirty orange, interdigital webs dirty brown. It proved to be 

 a male by dissection. Since this specimen was obtained, Mr. 0. Grabham, 

 of Scarborough, has reported that on Jan. 30th he picked up another on 

 the sands at Filey, and saw a third in the possession of a man who had 

 secured it, together with a specimen of the Ringed Guillemot, in the same 

 neighbourhood. The Rev. Julian Tuck also has written to announce the 

 capture of another in Cambridgeshire ; but as to this specimen there appears 

 to be, at present, a little uncertainty, inasmuch as he describes it as having 

 some faint transverse ridges on the upper mandible, a peculiarity which 

 suggests the possibility of its being an immature Razorbill, in which the 

 bill might be less developed than in the adult bird. I am not aware that 

 any such markings, faint or otherwise, are to be found on the mandibles of 

 Brunnich's Guillemot at any age. Mr. Tuck, however, appears to have 

 no doubt that he has correctly identified the species, and states that the 

 white line on the edge of the upper mandible is very plain, and that the colour 

 of the legs and feet is pale brown with darker webs. — J. E. Harting. 



Brunnich's Guillemot at Filey. — On Jan. 30th, when shore-shooting 

 at Filey, I picked up on the sands a remarkably large Guillemot, being 

 attracted by its size, the very distinct white line along the edge of the upper 

 mandible, and the colour of the legs. Total length, 19| in. ; from carpus 

 to end of longest primary, 8£ in.; total expanse of wings, 28£ in. On 

 calling upon Mr. Clarke, of Scarborough, to compare my bird with his 



