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five or fifty feet from the water. Where a stratum of sand or loose earth overlies the 

 sand-stone, the face of which has been exposed, whether by quarrying or aqueous ac- 

 tion, the holes of the sand-martin {Hirundo riparia) may be seen. So that 1 quite 

 expect soon to find a colony of house-martins and another of sand-martins, the one 

 just above the other. — Id. 



Note on the occurrence of rare Birds in Lincolnshire. Having for some years past 

 been in the practice of penning down the observations I have made on the habits &c. 

 of the feathered tenants of our " sea-girt isle," I was induced, from a perusal of your 

 magazine, to believe that the following list of " rara aves," which have come under my 

 notice during my residence in the rich, but apparently little explored, district, from 

 whence this communication is dated, would perhaps prove interesting to some of your 

 readers. If such should be the case, I should be most happy to forward any further 

 information respecting the species herein named, it is in my power to give. 

 Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus Bridled guillemot, Uria lacrymans 



Merlin, Falco jEsalon Razor-bill, Alca torda 



Goshawk, Falco palumharius Little auk, Alca alle 



Rough-legged buzzard, Falco lagopus Richardson's skua, Lestris Richardsonii 



Ash-coloured shrike, Lanius excuhitor Bittern, Ardea stellaris 



Common cormorant, Pelecanus Carbo Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra 



Shag, Pelecanus cristatus Snow-bunting, Emheriza nivalis 



Solan goose, Pelecanus Bassanus Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla 



Dun diver, Mergus Merganser Twite, Linota montium 



Red-bi'easted merganser, Mergus serrator Lesser red-poll, Linota linaria 

 Red-throated diver, Colymbus septentrio- Pied fly-catcher, Muscicapa atricapilla 

 Black-throated diver, C. arcticus \nalis Great snipe, Scolopax major 

 These specimens have all been obtained by me since the year 1840. — S. Willoughby ; 

 Bratoft, near Spilshy^ Lincolnshire ; June 15, 1843. 



Note on the arrival of the Summer Birds of Passage near Sheffield, in 1843. 



WhtdiiediX, Vitiflora CEnanthe, ..,k^n\ 3 Txee \di\k, Anthus arhoreus, April 20 



'Rm^ onse\ Merula Torquata, 4 Garden warbler, Cwn-wca /ior^mm- ... 21 



^yvdWow, Hirundo rustica, 12 Black-cap warbler, C . atricapilla ... 23 



Willow-wren, Phyllopneuste Tro- ... 15 Whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea May 4 



Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, [chilus ... 18 Swift, Cypselus Apus, 6 



Wryneck, Yunx Torquilla, 19 Lesser Whitethroat, >S'3/Z. Cwrrwca ... 7 



Kedstan't, Ruticilla Phcenicura 19 Spotted flycatcher, jBw^a^w ^n«o^ ... 7 



— John Heppenstall ; Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, June 19, 1843. 



Note on the occurrence of Hawks near Sheffield. 

 Osprey, Pandion Haliaetos. (Zool. 14.) Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus. Not 

 Rough-legged buzzard, Butaetes lagopus. unfrequent. 



Pretty abundant during the winter Hobby, Falco suhhuteo. Pretty generally 



of 1839-40, and seen most winters. distributed during the summer season 



Buzzard, Buteo vulgaris. Formerly com- Merlin, Falco JEsalon. A winter visitant 



mon, now quite rare. Red-legged hobby, Falco vespertinus. One 



Bee-hawk, Pernis apivorus. Six speci- of these birds is in the Museum of 



mens have been obtained, one re- our Literary and Philosophical So- 



cently, by the keepers of Sir George ciety, which I have no doubt was 



Sitwell. obtained in the neighbourhood. 



Kite, Milvus regalis. Kestrel, Cerchneis tinnimvulus. Common. 



