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probably the one that was caught alive at Colchester, as recorded by Mr. 

 H. Laver (Zool. 1891, p. 470). The bird sent to us was in perfect 

 plumage, beautifully spotted, and evidently in its second year; it weighed 

 3^ lbs. — Pratt & Son (11, North St. Quadrant, Brighton). 



Grey Phalarope in Leicestershire.— A Grey Phalarope, in winter 

 plumage, was [shot on Oct. 16th, near the Saddington Reservoir, in this 

 county, by Mr. E. T. Turner. It is now in his collection. — A. Matthews 

 (Gumley, Market Harborough). 



Grey Phalarope and Arctic Tern in Warwickshire.— On October 20th, 

 1891, the south-westerly gales were probably responsible for blowing a 

 specimen of the Grey Phalarope, Phalaropus fulicarius, to Bentley Heath. 

 I have heard of others in this district. On the 15th of the same month 

 an adult male Arctic Tern, Sterna macrura, was found on the grass in 

 Edgbaston Park, within the boundaries of the city of Birmingham. The 

 poor bird (an unusually small specimen when compared with others) was 

 quite exhausted, and was brought to me alive. A considerable flight of 

 the Common Tern (Sterna fluviatilis) passed over the Midlands during the 

 middle of August, 1891. Some thirty or forty were seen at Bracebridge 

 Pool, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire ; several (some of which I received, 

 at Earlswood Reservoir, in the same county ; and a good number reported 

 to me from Crofton Reservoir, Worcestershire. — F. Coburn (7, Holloway 

 Head, Birmingham). 



Grey Phalarope in Ireland. — I see, by notices in various English 

 papers, that Grey Phalaropes have been seen in various parts of England. 

 The following Irish occurrences have come under my notice, all in October. 

 On the 3rd a male was shot on Lough Neagh, and a female was obtained 

 on the 18th on the northern shores of the same lough. One was procured 

 at Greencastle, Co. Donegal, on the 10th, and a second was captured alive 

 at the same place on the 16th. One was sent up from Carlow on the 23rd, 

 and another on the 26th, both males. A male and a female were shot in 

 Dundrum Bay, Co. Down, on the 26th; and a female at Annalong, Co. 

 Down, on the 16th. Mr. R. M. Barrington writes me that four were 

 received by him on the 23rd, from Killybegs, Co. Donegal ; two from 

 Rathlin O'Birne, in the same county, shot on the 12th ; and one from 

 Slyne Head South, Galway, shot on the 6th ; while in * The Field ' of 

 November 2nd one is recorded from Donegal Bay, shot on the 16th. It 

 will be noticed that, of the seventeen here recorded, nine are from Co. 

 Donegal. — Robert Patterson (1, Windsor Park Terrace, Belfast). 



Hobby preying on Swallows.— In September, 1890, a young friend of 

 mine, who is particularly interested in bird-life, told me that on several 

 occasions he had watched the Swallows as they came in the evenings to 



