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distance than the neighbourhood of Poole, and we are well aware 

 ridibundus has no particular preference for salt water, but their 

 presence here in such numbers at the time of nidification is very 

 unusual. Amongst them were a few Kittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla), 

 Herring-Gulls (Lams argmtatus), and perhaps still fewer of L. canus ; 

 but the most remarkable occurrence was the capture of a Guillemot 

 (Uria troile), in full breeding plumage, on a small stream at Verwood 

 (Dorset), just over the Hampshire border ; whilst two Eazorbills (Alca 

 torda) were found dead, one near Fordingbridge, the other in the forest, 

 both apparently starved to death, and too decomposed for preservation. 

 More than one species of Tern (Sterna) oftentimes are seen on the river 

 in their spring migration, but this season none have appeared, — G. B. 

 Corbin (Ringwood, Hants). 



Extinction of the Kite : a Correction. — I regret that, owing to a 

 misplacement of quotation marks in my note upon this subject, several 

 statements are attributed to Mr. R. J. Ussher for which that gentleman 

 is in no way responsible. — J. H. Salter. 



AMPHIBIA. 

 Natterjack Toad in Suffolk. — On June 17th, when at Wortham, 

 within a mile of the river which there forms the Norfolk and Suffolk 

 boundary, a boy called my attention to " a funny frog." It proved to 

 be a beautiful little Natterjack Toad, about half -grown. This is, I 

 think, a new locality for this species. — Julian G. Tuck (Tostock Rectory, 

 Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk). 



