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stronger one of the two would have ejected the other one from the nest 

 with the young of the foster-parents. — E. A. Butler (Plumton House, 

 Bury St. Edmunds). 



The Birds of Scilly. — As recorded in the ' Bulletin of the British 

 Ornithologists' Club ' (xix. No. cxxvii. p. 7 (1906) ), an example of the 

 Greater Yellowshank (Totanus melanoleucus) was shot by Capt. Arthur 

 Dorrien-Smith at Tresco Abbey, Isles of Scilly, on Sept. 16th, 1906. 

 This was believed to be the first known instance of the occurrence of 

 this species in Great Britain or any part of Europe. Capt. Arthur 

 Dorrien-Smith, a few days later, obtained an immature specimen of 

 the Common "Bee-eater (Merops apiaster), which I had the pleasure of 

 examining. — W. B. Ogilvie- Grant. 



PISCES. 



File Fish on the Coast of Somerset. — On November 21st, while 

 riding along the sands near Berrow, Somerset, I noticed an unusual- 

 looking fish lying among the debris at high-water mark. My sister, 

 who was with me, suggested it was a John Dory, but I could see by 

 the peculiar shape of the tail, which I especially noticed, that it did 

 not belong to that species. The fish appeared to have been dead a 

 long time, and was hard and mummified, so much so, that when my 

 horse by chance put his foot on it, it was not crushed. Possibly it 

 had been cast away from some passing ship. I particularly noticed 

 the shape of the fish, and found on reaching home that it agreed with 

 a photo of the Trigger Fish, on page 637 of ' The Living Animals of 

 the World,' and also with the figure in the 'Zoologist' for 1901, 

 page 225. I have little hesitation therefore in identifying the speci- 

 men as a File or Trigger Fish (Balistes caprisctis). The fish, I should 

 say, was rather over a foot in length, and was of a dirty yellow colour. 

 F. L. Blathwayt (Lincoln). 



INSECTA. 



Notes on the Mole-Cricket (Gryllotalpa vulgaris).— I observe that 

 records of the occurrence of the Mole-Cricket in England are asked for 

 (ante, p. 437). I have four examples in my collection, all taken in 

 Dorsetshire, though the exact dates I cannot specify now ; three of 

 these specimens occurred in my own kitchen garden, and one at 

 Warmwell, near Dorchester. I was not at home when one of those 

 taken here (at Bloxworth) occurred, but I was told afterwards by the 

 gardener and others that there were other examples both seen and 



