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specimen was captured alive near Reigate, Surrey, by a labourer, on the 28th of 

 February, during a very high wind, and (in the words of the man who captured it), 

 seemed " quite taken aback, and did not know which way to go." It is a young bird, 

 in its first year.— F. A. Chennell ; Esher, Surrey, March, 1849. 



Occurrence of the Red-necked Grebe (Podiceps rubricollis) in the Medway.- On the 

 6th of February last, my friend, Mr. James Moore, from his yacht, killed a red- 

 necked grebe in Stangate Creek, near the mouth of the Medway. It was a bird of 

 last year, and was just beginning to assume the adult plumage.— W. F. W. Bird. 



Occurrence of Rare Gulls near Liverpool— Two very fine specimens of Lestns 

 arcticus, Yarr., in mature plumage, were caught near Aintree race-course, by a far- 

 mer- they were very thin in flesh, and very much exhausted: the distance direct 

 from the sea will be between three and four miles. I also saw the other day, at one 

 of the staffers' shops of this town, a very fine specimen, in the flesh, of Lams glaucus. 

 —Henry Johnson ; Royal Institution, Liverpool, March 15, 1849. 



Inquiry respecting the Name of a Bird. -This day, a lady, living about a mile 

 hence, saw on a shrub near the house two strange birds: she called her servant to 

 look at them, but he had never seen such before. They are described to me as about 

 the size of sparrows; the tail not remarkably long: both birds were turned towards 

 the window: round the neck was a ring of pure white ; the breast was whitish ; the 

 front of the head dark ; the bill very dark or black, and shaped like that of a parrot. 

 — W. H. Wayne; Wenlock, Salop, February 23, 1849. 

 TCan any correspondent name these birds? — E. TV.] 



Errata in Mr. Newton's Communication (Zool. 2381). -The following misprints 

 occur in my note on the singing of birds. Under the heads of « Hedge sparrow, 

 "Chiff-chaff," and "Ring dove," the «,and" between "intervals and ^ from 

 should be omitted ; and under the head " Goldfinch," for " January should be read 

 " June."— A If red Neivton ; Elveden, March 8, 1849. 



Errata in Mr. Ellman's Communication (Zool. 2392).-In the sixth line from the 

 top, for " thick-footed geese " read " pink-footed geese." The twelfth line from the 

 top, leave out the words - and surf." Dr. Plomley informs me that neither the 

 Egyptian goose nor brent goose is the ■ crocker/ but that this name refers to the young 

 of the white-fronted goose. I do not for one moment doubt that such is the case at 

 Lydd and its neighbourhood, but here I am satisfied it is not. No later than Satur- 

 day, a coast guardsman, who is constantly with wild-fowl shooters, called me and 

 said he had a ' crocker' for me: this was a brent goose.- J. B. Ellman; Rye, March 



5, 1849. „. . _ , 



Dates of the Arrival of Winter Visitors at Deal. 



Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola), October 13. 



Royston crow {Corvus comix), October 13. 



Golden-crested wren (Sylvia Regulus), October 13. 



Redwing {Turdus iliacus), about October 14. 



Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris), October 21. 



Snipe (Scolopax gallinago), about October 21. 



Mallard (Anas boscha), about October 30. 



Snow bunting (Emberiza nivalis), November 4.— J. W. Hulke. 



