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of St. Leonards. I found it feeding by a large pool in the beach on the 

 west side of Rye Harbour. Its cry was a shrill kind of twitter. Its flight 

 resembled the Common Sandpiper for the first few yards, when it rose for 

 a considerable height, and then plunged suddenly head first to the ground. 

 It was exhibited by Dr. Hartert to the members of the British Ornithologists' 

 Club at their meeting on Nov. 21st. This is, I believe, the first British 

 record, and also, I believe, the first European one. Its length was 

 6-6^ in. ; length of wing, 5 in. ; spread of wing about 6f in. ; tarsus, 

 f in. ; hind toe, f in. ; bill in length, 1 in., narrow, straight, and tapering; 

 toes slightly webbed at joint of foot ; bill and legs jet-black. The specimen 

 is now in my collection. — Michael John Nicoll (10, Charles Road, 

 St. Leonards-ou-Sea, Sussex). 



INSECTA. 



Vanessa polychloros in December. — On Dec. 30th last I had the un- 

 expected pleasure to obtain a large Tortoiseshell Butterfly [V. polychloros), 

 which appeared fluttering against the window. It is a perfect specimen, 

 and is now in my cabinet. — C. S. Buxton (Fox Warren, Cobham, Surrey). 



[Of course this was a hibernating specimen allured to its destruction by 

 the mildness of the present season. We have seen and heard of some 

 other species on the Surrey hills during the same mouth. — Ed.J 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



The Birds of Yorkshire. — Naturalists and others interested in the 

 subject may be pleased to learn that arrangements have been made for the 

 speedy resumption of the publication of Mr. W. Eagle Clarke's excellent 

 work on the ' Birds of Yorkshire,' which has been partly pubHshed in the 

 'Transactions' of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union, and the continuation 

 of which was interrupted by Mr. Clarke's leaving Yorkshire to settle in 

 Edinburgh. Mr. Clarke and the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union have 

 now secured the services of Mr. Thomas H. Nelson, of Redcar, to 

 continue and complete the task. Mr. Nelson has in his possession the 

 voluminous mass of original and unpublished observations which Mr. 

 Clarke had at his command when writing the instalments which are already 

 in print, and which includes notes, lists, and observations from many of 

 the naturalists who have studied and observed Yorkshire birds. In addition 

 to this is the whole of the information amassed by the late Mr. John 

 Cordeaux relating to the birds of the Humber district, and also the large 

 number of notes which Mr. W. Deuison Roebuck has extracted from the 

 very voluminous literature on the subject, and Mr. Nelson's own accumu- 

 lated series of notes on the birds of Cleveland and other districts, the whole 

 forming an ample mass of material for the purpose. Mr. Nelson will also 



