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well nourished, and was shot by Mr. Wolfe on Dartmoor. — Geo. A. 

 Musgrave (Furzebank, Torquay), 



Spotted Crake in Somersetshire.— Five of these birds were brought 

 to me lately, the last so recently as Dec. 8th, which seems very late for a 

 bird which is generally considered to be a summer migrant. The five 

 examples were all killed within a few miles of Weston-super-Mare. — F. A. 

 Knight (Weston-super-Mare). 



[Possibly they were all individuals of a late brood. — Ed.] 

 Spotted Crake in Staffordshire. — On the 3rd of November I killed a 

 male specimen of this bird, whilst feeding on the edge of a pool. Its 

 gizzard was full of seeds. — E. Tye (Handsworth, Birmingham). 



The Dartford Warbler in Dorset. — The Dartford Warbler usually 

 survives the cold of our winters, but the extreme severity and long-continued 

 snow of 1880 and 1881 killed off every Dartford Warbler from this district 

 (Lyme Regis). Year by year I have searched localities where this bird was 

 abundant before those two disastrous winters, but have not met with a single 

 individual. I am told that they have appeared in some parts of the county 

 since that date, but they have not extended to these parts. It would be 

 interesting to learn the experience of observers of this bird during the past 

 winter, in districts where it may yet survive. — Arthtjk Lister. 



Common Skua in Leicestershire. — On Sept. 16th, 1890, a Common 

 Skua, Lestris catarrhactes, was picked up dead, near the pool in Bradgate 

 Park, by Mr. Sharp. I saw it at Pinchen's, taxidermist, Leicester, to 

 whom it had been sent for preservation. He reported that it was un- 

 injured, and appeared to have died from starvation. There are two 

 previous doubtful notes of its occurrence in Leicestershire, but I believe 

 this is the first authentic record. — Thos. Macaulay (Kibworth). 



Goosander in West Sussex. — A fine male Goosander, Mergus mer- 

 ganser, was shot at West Harting, on the western Bother, by Mr. Charles 

 Harris, of Durford, on Jan. 16th, and has been sent to Mr. Pratt, Brighton. 

 — H. D. Gordon (Harting Vicarage, Petersfield). 



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Linnean Society of London. 



Februavy 5, 1891. — Prof. Stewart, President, in the chair. 



Messrs. Richard Bentley and E. S. Goodrich were admitted; and 

 Messrs. T. F. Bourdillon, C. T. Keane, and Prof. A. Milnes Marshall were 

 elected Fellows of the Society. 



Mr. Clement Reid exhibited and described some recent additions to 

 the fossil arctic flora of Britain. 



