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Lapland Bunting, Plectrojrfianes lapponicus (Linn.), in full summer dress, 

 on the short herbage at the edge of the cliff. We both observed it for 

 some little time through our glasses, about half-a-dozen yards away, till it 

 flew down the cliff-face amongst a crowd of Guillemots and other rock birds, 

 and did not after this show itself again. What particularly struck me 

 when watching this bird was the intense black of the dark parts as 

 contrasted with the yellow bill, broad white streak over and backward from 

 the eye, and chestnut collar. — J. Cordeaux (Eaton Hall, Retford). 



Snowy Owl on Exmoor.— I was staying, during the first week of May, 

 on Exmoor, and, in course of conversation with the keeper, found that a 

 Snowy Owl, Nyctea scandiaca, had been killed on what is called the North 

 Forest some fourteen years ago. The bird was caught in a trap set for 

 hawks, was preserved, and is in the possession of Sir Frederick Knight, 

 who very kindly allowed me to see it. I was unfortunately unable to see 

 him, and could not get the exact date. There was no appearance of its 

 having been in captivity ; the claws were in good condition and very 

 perfect, though it is of course possible that they may have been sharpened 

 and cleaned by the person who preserved it. I think the only other 

 occurrence noted of this owl in Somerset, was one killed near here, which 

 was proved to be an escaped bird. Sir F. Knight has also a Pelican found 

 on the moor, in an exhausted state, some four years ago; this, however, 

 was no doubt an escaped bird. — H. St. B. Goldsmith (King's Square, 

 Bridgewater). 



[The Owl here referred to, we presume, is that which was recorded 

 some years ago by the Rev. M. A. Mathew (Zool. 1876, p. 4900), and is 

 noticed again in Messrs. D'Urban and Mathews ■ Birds of Devon,' 1892, 

 p. 135. It was trapped on Dartmoor in March, 1876. — Ed.] 



Garganey in Sussex.— Besides the specimen recorded by Mr. Parkin 

 (p. 193), another, I regret to say, was shot at South Common, near Box 

 Hill, about March 29th, in spite of its being the close time. — G. W. 

 Bkadshaw (Hastings). 



White Wagtail in Co. Mayo. — On the 29th of April, when on the 

 island of Bartragh, Killala Bay, with Mr. H. Scroope and his brother, we 

 observed a Wagtail having such a large patch of white on the sides of the 

 throat that it attracted our attention, and on a nearer approach the light 

 grey back showed it to be the White Wagtail, Motacilla alba. It flew off 

 and joined another some yards distant, and having my gun I secured it. 

 It proved to be an adult male in perfect plumage. It was a singular 

 coincidence that, about 300 yards from where I found these birds, I shot 

 the first recorded Irish specimen of this species on the 25th April, 1851. 

 Probably a flight of these birds arrived on our coast, for Mr. Williams 

 informed me that he received one from Achill, sent by Mrs. Sheridan; 



