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was secured by Mr. Bailey for the collection of Mr. John Marshall, of 

 Taunton, to whom it was forwarded in the flesh. Having been sent by him 

 to London to be stuffed, I had an opportunity, through the kind offices of 

 the editor, of seeing it, and comparing it with other specimens in the 

 normal plumage. It is not many degrees removed from an albino, but the 

 terminal bar on the tail is quite visible in a pale shade of brown, showing 

 it is not adult. The occiput and ear-coverts are faintly mottled with the 

 same tint, and the hue of the grey mantle is quite perceptible on the back 

 The wings above and beneath are pure white, and Mr. Bailey particularly 

 noticed their length and narrowness before the bird was skinned. — J. H. 

 Gurnet, Jun. (Keswick Hall, Norwich). 



Dimensions and Weight of the Roseate Tern. — Having received last 

 autumn an adult pair of these beautiful birds from North Wales, it may be 

 of interest to record the dimensions and weight of the sexes : — 



Male. Female. 



Weight 3oz. 12 dr. 3 oz. 10 dr. 



Total length ... 



Length of wing... 



Expanse of wing 



Tail from base to end of centre feather 



„ to end of outside feather ... 

 Length of bill ... 

 „ of tarsus 



Toes, middle 



„ inner 



„ outer 



— F. Kerry (Harwich). 



Tree Pipit in North Wales.— Almost every work on British Birds, 

 including Mr. Howard Saunders' recently-published ■ Manual,' speaks of 

 the Tree Pipit (Anthus trivialis) as a scarce bird in Wales. This, however, 

 is very far from being the case, so far as the counties of Merioneth and 

 Carnarvon are concerned. In both these counties it is very common, 

 probably one of the most abundant of the common migrants, appearing 

 regularly about the 20th of April. It chiefly frequents wet meadow and 

 pasture land in the vicinity of trees and woods, and the alders along the 

 river-banks. Such situations are very numerous in North Wales, and 

 consequently the Tree Pipit finds a congenial home in almost every valley. 

 — G. H. Caton Haigh (Grainsby Hall, Great Grimsby). 



I Great Grey Shrike near Harwich.— A male specimen of this bird was 

 bhot here on the 7th December. The stomach contained the perfect foot of 

 a Sky Lark. It is ten years since the last was killed here (see ' Zoologist,' 

 1880, p. 70).— F. Kkruy (Harwich). 



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