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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



We append a selection of the notes and records sent in to the 

 Bureau : — 



1908. 



January 1st. — A Shag was picked up dead at Crosby-on-Eden 

 (T. H. Hodgson). 



4th. — A Red-throated Diver on Windermere (W . E . B. Dunlop) . 



8th. — Common Scoter (pied variety) shot at Silloth (W. 

 Nichol). 



14th. — Green Sandpiper near Silloth (W. Nichol). 



18th. — A flock of eleven Bewick's Swans near Silloth (W. 

 Nichol). A Great Crested Grebe shot near Silloth (W. Nichol). 



February 2nd. — Sky-Lark singing near Stanwix (D. Losh 

 Thorpe). 



3rd. — Palmate Newts (larval stage) obtained near Winder- 

 mere (W. E. B. Dunlop). 



23rd.— Four Shore Larks seen at Silloth (W. Nichol). 



March 2nd. — Lapwings seen near nesting ground, Lake Dis- 

 trict (W. E. B. Dunlop). 



12th. — Flock of one hundred White-fronted Geese, some Bean 

 Geese, and a Grey Lag Goose seen at Skinburness (W. Nichol). 



17th. — A single Common Scoter on the Solway, also many 

 Wigeon and Mallard on northward migration (W. Nichol). 



19th. — A flock of Bean Geese flying north-east over the Solway 

 (W. Nichol). 



28th. — A Mistle-Thrush's nest had four eggs at this date near 

 Stanwix (J. B. Cairns). 



April 4th. — First Wheatear of the season observed at Skin- 

 burness (W. Nichol). 



6th. — A Thrush's nest had four eggs near Stanwix (L. E. 

 Hope). 



8th. A Great Skua, the fourth recorded, seen on the Solway 

 (W. Nichol). Two Wheatears seen on the golf-course, Silloth 

 (D. Losh Thorpe). 



9th. — Sand-Martin seen at Carlisle (W. H. Little). 



10th. — Wheatear seen at Windermere (W. E. B. Dunlop). 



12th. — Swallows and House-Martins seen at Silloth (D. Losh 

 Thorpe). A Thrush's nest with four eggs at Blackhall (W. 

 Marchington). A Peregrine Falcon's eyrie has four eggs, Lake 

 District (W. E. B. Dunlop). 



