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15th I had brought me for inspection an immature Grey Phalarope 

 {Phcdaropus fulicariiis), which had been shot on Coatham Sands, Ked- 

 car, on Nov. 14th. This bird proved upon dissection to be a female. — 

 Stanley Duncan (Redcar, Yorks). 



Icelandic Names of Birds. — In the paper on my Icelandic journey 

 {ante, pp. 401-419), the orthography of some of the Icelandic names 

 of the birds is wrong, through no fault of mine, but, I presume, in 

 consequence of the printers being unable to supply the proper letters. 

 As an illustration, the Icelandic letter which looks somewhat like our 

 P is a Th, with the result that the name of the Meadow-Pipit [Anthus 

 pratensis) is not Pufutitlingur, but TAufutitlingur. For many years 

 the name of the lake in the south of Iceland was printed in most 

 English publications as "Pingvella"; its proper name is "Thing- 

 vetla." — F. CoBUKN (Holloway Head, Birmingham). 



[New type would have been required to print the Icelandic letters, 

 and, even if the printers had been prepared to supply the same, time 

 would not have sufficed, Mr. Coburn being very anxious for his paper 

 to appear in the November issue. — Ed.] 



AVICULTURE. 



Leadbeater's Cockatoo breeding in England. — By the kindness 

 of a neighbour, who probably possesses one of the finest private col- 

 lections of living Psittacidie in this country, I was shown the other 

 day three young Leadbeater's Cockatoos [Cacatua leadbeateri), which 

 were hatched in the aviary last June. Two pairs of these birds are at 

 liberty with many other species in a large outdoor aviary, constructed 

 on the lines of the well-known aviary at the "Zoo," and one pair 

 selected an old hollow elm stump as a nesting-place. The cavity is 

 nearly a yard deep, and in June three young birds were brought out at 

 intervals of two days. These are now fine healthy birds, quite as big 

 as their parents, but, so far as I could see in the failing light of a 

 November day, rather duller in colour. Their owner believes them to 

 be the first of their species reared in Europe, and would, I am sure, 

 be much interested to hear of any similar instance, if such is known 

 to any of your readers. — Julian G. Tuck (Tostock Kectory, Bury 

 St. Edmunds). 



Storm Petrel in Confinement. — Seeing some rough fishermen 

 gathered in a group upon the Fish Wharf at Great Yarmouth on Oct. 

 16th, I naturally drew up, and to my amusement heard an animated 

 and quaint discussion upon a poor little Petrel [Procellaria pelagica), 

 whose tiny head peered out of a pastry bag, the mouth of which was 



