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in the latter end of August or early in September, during which a 
certain number get lost and wander inland. There are eleven in- 
stances of the occurrence of this bird in Oxfordshire or just over the 
borders. The month in which three of these occurred is not known. 
Six occurred in September, one at the end of August or early in 
September, and the eighth in August. This year Mr. Fowler sent 
me one which came from Leadenhall Market. It arrived on Sept. 
21st in an advanced state of decomposition, and so was probably 
captured early in the month; and Mr. Whitaker kindly writes me 
word that one occurred at Mansfield on Sept. 15th.—O. V. Apuin 
(Bloxham, Oxon). : 
Since writing this note I have heard from Mr. Calvert that a 
Manx Shearwater was picked up dead in a field at Aldsworth, 
Gloucestershire, between two and three miles over our borders, about 
Sept. 15th.—O. V. A. 
AMPHIBIA. 
“Vertebrates of Wales and Ireland.’ — In the interesting notes 
by Mr. H. EH. Forrest on the ‘“‘ Vertebrates of Wales and Ireland”’ 
there is a statement that I beg to correct, viz. that ‘‘the Toad is absent 
from Ireland” (ante, p. 323). Thisis accurate regarding the Common 
Toad, but in parts of Co. Kerry the Natterjack Toad is met with, 
but whether indigenous or introduced, as is said of the Frogs, I cannot 
say.—RoBERT WaRREN (Moy View, Ballina). 
[Mr. Forrest informs us he is sending some brief Corrigenda for 
insertion in the December ‘ Zoologist.’—Ep. ] 
