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did occasionally stay on into June or even July was well known 
to Macpherson when he wrote the ‘ Faunaof Lakeland.’ He says, 
** Geese so notoriously linger late in their winter haunts, if not 
breeding birds.” It is possible that the Geese seen in July last 
year were non-breeding birds, paralleled by the large flocks of 
non-breeding Bar-tailed Godwits which sometimes spend the 
whole summer on the Solway. 
In these notes we have more than once remarked on the 
apparent increase in the numbers of Grey Lag Geese which now 
visit the Solway, and the birds seen late may have belonged to 
this species, which as its name denotes is much addicted to 
lingering or ‘‘ lagging”’ late in its winter haunts. 
It is with a feeling of great regret that we report the fact 
that no Wild Swans wintered on the River Eden at Carlisle 
during the winter of 1911-12, a break in a sequence of six 
annual visits by this fine species being thus created. 
The ‘Glasgow Weekly Mail’ of Dec. 9th, 1911, reported 
thirteen Wild Swans on the River Nith at Dumfries, but enquiries 
proved that they were merely Mute Swans, though perhaps 
strangers to the Nith. 
The ‘ Times’ of July 18th, 1911, recorded the nesting of a 
Black Redstart at Crosthwaite, near Keswick, and in this case 
also the result of our enquiries was disappointing. We may, 
however, congratulate ourselves that the breeding of the Great 
Crested Grebe in “ Lakeland” was in 1911 established beyond 
doubt. 
Records relating to Mammalia are few, but it is interesting 
to note that the Roe Deer still rears its young in the north-east 
of Cumberland. 
WESTMORLAND AND SoutueRN Laxenanp Nortss, 1911. 
By Eric B. Duxuop. 
Though the weather at the commencement of the year was 
more open than at the beginning of 1910, the birds, curiously 
enough, were considerably later in coming into song. For 
instance, in 1910 the Song Thrush was first heard on Jan. 4th, 
in 1911 not till Feb. 12th. The Chaffinch came into song on 
Feb. 1st, 1910, and on Feb. 17th in 1911. 
I saw the first Wheatear, a male, on April 14th. The cold 
