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stream at Cardington Mill ; the water, sheltered by the mill in front of 

 a plantation by the side, gave it a very secluded appearance. Bats 

 skimming round and about our boat attracted my attention, and from their 

 numbers I was able to keep them well under observation. Their slower 

 flight, constantly near the surface of the water, reminded me of the habits 

 of Daubenton's Bat, and upon shooting two of them, they proved to belong 

 to this species. — J. S. Elliott (Dixon's Green, Dudley). 



BIRDS. 



Preservation of the Kite in Wales.— In reply to Mr. J. H. Salter 

 (p. 311), let me assure him that a great deal has been done during the past 

 twenty years towards the preservation of this fine bird in at least one 

 county in Wales, thanks to the care taken of them by several large land- 

 owners. 1 do not give the name of the county, because I do not want a 

 visit from the " gentleman egg-collector," who has already given me a 

 great deal of trouble, and to whom it appears nothing deserving of protection 

 is sacred. — E. Cambridge Phillips (Brecon). 



Golden Oriole in the Faeroe Islands. — The veteran ornithologist of 

 the Faeroes, Herr H. C. Muller, informs me that a specimen of Oriolus 

 (jalbula was shot near Wellestad, Island of Stromoe, during the latter part 

 of May, 1893. This is the first example that has come to the notice of 

 Herr Muller, or been recorded from Faeroe. — H. W. Feilden. 



Avocet in Nottinghamshire. — An immature male of this rare bird 

 was picked up, on July 9th, on the mud-bank of the river Trent below 

 Newark, with wing and leg injured as if from a shot. It is the first 

 specimen I have met with in fifty years' collecting. — A. C. Elliott 

 (Newark-upon-Trent). 



[A bird whose habits lead it to prefer marshes and muddy shores is 

 not likely to be often met with in a county like Nottingham. Nevertheless 

 Messrs. Sterland and Whitaker, in their list of county birds, mention four 

 instances of its occurrence between the years 1800 and 1856. — Ed.] 



BATRACHIA. 



Rana agilis in the Channel Islands.— Among some reptiles which 

 I have been naming for Mr. Linnaeus Greening, of the Warrington 

 Museum, I found a specimen of Rana agilis, labelled " Jersey." Mr. 

 Greening informs me that he received several live specimens of this frog, 

 in 1888, from Mr. E. Spencer, who obtained them about a mile from 

 St. Peter's, Jersey. I have found it common, though local, on the north 

 coast of Brittany ; there is therefore nothing very surprising in its occur- 

 rence in Jersey, which is nevertheless, at present, the northernmost point 

 whence it is recorded in Western Europe. The specimen mentioned has 

 been presented by Mr. L. Greening to the British Museum. — G. A. 



BOULENGER. 



