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Museum (Natural History). With his usual kindness he sent me the 

 following reply :— " The shells contained in the five bottles are Pahtdestrhia 

 ulva (Pennant), commonly called Hydrobia ulvm in books. As Hydrobius, 

 which is practically the same as Hydrobia, was preused in insects, I think 

 it advisable to employ D'Orbigny's name Paludestrina. It is a common 

 species in most estuaries. Bottle six (contents of stomach of Golden 

 Plover) contains three species, viz. the same Paludestrina, several specimens 

 of Littorina rudis, Maton., and a single example of Alexia myosotis (Dra- 

 parnaud). The Alexia is also estuarine, and the Littorina may be found 

 both on the coast and in the mouths of rivers." — H. W. Fetlden (Wells, 

 Norfolk). 



White Wagtail nesting in Suffolk.— On April 26th I took a nest with 

 five eggs of the White Wagtail, clearly identifying the hen bird on the nest, 

 and also when she settled on the ground a few yards off. The nest was 

 built in the side of a cattle-shed, and the farm-lad who showed it to me had 

 watched it for some time, and assured me that both birds were alike. We 

 have had more than one instance of the Pied and White Wagtails inter- 

 breeding in the Eastern Counties. I refrain from recording the precise 

 locality of this nest, as I do not wish the parent birds to be killed; but it 

 is in West Suffolk, and within an easy walk of this house.— Julian G. 

 Tuck (Tostock Rectory, Bury St. Edmunds). 



Red-legged Partridge Migrating. — Supplementary to Mr. Clarke's 

 note (ante, p. 166), it may be worth while stating that on the 16th March 

 last one of Mr. Edwin Baylis's boatmen found a Red-legged Partridge dead 

 on the beach at Bournemouth, and forwarded it to him here. The bird had 

 been washed in by the tide, and was so exceptionally clear and brilliant in 

 its colours that it has been mounted for Mr. Baylis's collection. This seems 

 to point to the fact that a considerable migration of these birds may have 

 taken place between March 16th and 22nd. I thought the fact that these 

 birds did occasionally migrate was now fairly well established. — F. Coburn 

 (7, Holloway Head, Birmingham). 



REPTILIA. 

 The Australian " Rock-Lizard." — This species, Amphibolurus muri- 

 catus, White, is one of the commonest of Australian Lizards, and abounds 

 principally in rocky situations. Its habits are sharp and active. When 

 watching an object it raises its (comparatively) large head high above the 

 ground and, twisting it on one side, blinks in a comical manner. In shape 

 the head is not unlike that of the Frilled Agama, Chlamydosaurus kingi. 

 I have been much struck with the habit this Lizard has (in common 

 with many other auimals) of feigning death when caught or wounded. 



