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at Chester on Sept. 11th, 1792 ; the second specimen at Coed Coeh, 

 North Wales. Circa twenty-six years. — A. Newstead (Grosvenoi 

 Museum, Chester). 



The Hobby in Cheshire. — A fine adult male Hobby-Hawk (Falcc 

 subbuteo) was taken at Tarvin, near Chester, early in August of this 

 year, and has recently been presented to the Chester Museum. — A New- 

 stead (Grosvenor Museum, Chester). 



Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus). — A young male was shot on 

 Twin Island, Belfast Lough, on Sept. 9th, and is now in the hands of 

 Messrs. Sheals, the well-known taxidermists here, where I had the 

 pleasure of examining it. The bird had been seen haunting the place 

 before it met with the usual welcome that is generally accorded a rare 

 visitor to our shores. This constitutes the second record for Belfast, 

 as, according to Thompson, one was shot in the bog-meadows on 

 Sept. 30th, 1819. It is interesting to note that both these birds 

 occurred in September, as, on referring to Ussher, whose ' Birds of 

 Ireland ' now supersedes the former work, he states out of twenty-two 

 or more records of the capture of this bird in Ireland, and where dates 

 have been given, one occurred in September, ten in October and 

 November, and one in January. — W. C. Wright (Belfast). 



Supposed Flamingo near Aldeburgh, Suffolk. — While lately on a 

 cruise in the steamship ' Oithona ' (from Marine Biol. Laboratory, Lowes- 

 toft) fish-marking, &c, besides other grounds, that of Hollesley Bay 

 was trawled northwards to beyond Orfordness, and anchor was cast for 

 the night abreast of Aldeburgh. Going ashore, through the kindness 

 of a local resident, Mr. Ganz, I had an interesting conversation with 

 Mr. Charles Clarke, naturalist and birdstuffer, 1, Brudnell Terrace. 

 Among other things, he informed me of a Flamingo frequenting the 

 neighbourhood. I there and then wrote at his dictation the subjoined 

 statement of the case : — " Mr. and Mrs. Perry, visitors at the Brudnell 

 Hotel, were coming up the Biver Aide to-day (Wednesday, Aug. 22nd), 

 in company with William Brinkley, wildfowler and fisherman of Orford, 

 when they saw standing on the mud a strange bird, taller than a 

 Heron, and apparently quite white, but which on nearer approach 

 seemed to have salmon-pink wing-coverts and dark or blackish pri- 

 maries. The bird rose from the mud, and flew close over their boat. 

 Then on its flight it showed a long and slim body, and outstretched 

 neck and legs. In fact, it resembled a great white cross from under- 

 neath. It flew off towards Orfordness." Mr. Clarke is decidedty of 

 opinion that it was a Flamingo. His and Brinkley's practical know- 

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