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cock ; the two upper feathers of a pale buff, with slight indications of darker 

 transverse markings ; under feathers barred after the manner of Golden. 

 Body : under parts uniform bright reddish brown ; back more yellow, 

 dappled thickly with ash-brown and black ; neck a purple-bronze, with 

 small portion of scarlet on cheeks. It had no crest, but the " cape " or 

 " tippet " was represented by a number of feathers two and a half or three 

 inches long, of a uniform rich brown colour, which hung in a pendent 

 manner from the back of the head, thus giving the bird a very peculiar 

 appearance. — G. B. Corbin (Ringwood, Hants). 



Albatross near Faroe. — It may interest readers of ' The Zoologist,' to 

 hear of the occurrence of another specimen of the Albatross (Diomedea 

 ytielanophrys) in or near Faroe. Miss Elizabeth R. Taylor, who is residing 

 in Faroe for the purpose of studying these isles and their natural and other 

 history, writes me as follows : — " It has occurred to me that you may be 

 interested in knowing that another Albatross has been shot near the Faroes 

 this year (the last one being the Albatross of Mygganoes, shot in 1894). 

 This one was shot at sea, on the Faroe Banks, about seventy or eighty 

 miles south-west of Thorshavn. I heard of it just before I left Thorshavn, 

 and did not ascertain any particulars, whether male or female. It is of the 

 same species as the Mygganoes one. The taxidermist at Naalsoe is pre- 

 paring the specimen now, and I suppose it will be sent to the Museum at 

 Copenhagen." With reference to the above interesting communication, I 

 need not refer to the previous records of the Albatross in the Faroe Seas, 

 as these records are so recent. However, I may mention that Mr. Thomas 

 Parkin, with whom I have been in correspondence on the subject, intends 

 to bring out a monograph of the genus, and has already delivered a lecture 

 upon the different species. This lecture was given before the Hastings and 

 St. Leonards Natural History Society at the Museum in the Brassey In- 

 stitute on April 10th last, and printed in the ' Hastings and St. Leonards 

 Observer' of the 14th of that month. — J. A. Harvie-Bjrown (Dunipace 

 House, Larbert, N.B.). 



Migration Notes from Great Yarmouth. — The spring migration of 

 1900, more particularly of the Grallatores, has been, in this neighbourhood, 

 a very disappointing one, the prevailing winds being north-east, or there- 

 abouts, and the weather exceptionally bleak and cold. South-easterly winds 

 are those most favourable to the visitation of the water-loving species, 

 although any wind from the southward suits the laud-birds equally well. 

 The other side of the North Sea has no doubt seen the bulk of passing 

 migrants, and many birds must have put off their journey until the last 

 extremity, and then have gone on straight ahead without gossiping, as they 

 do in favourable seasons on Breydon, resting and feeding, thus breaking 



