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27th last I noticed, standing upon a small piece of exposed shingle 

 a bird which on closer examination proved to be a Thicknee. After 

 watching the bird's movements for some time I returned to my house 

 (which was close by) for my binoculars to enable me to observe the 

 bird more easily. On my return the bird flew, but pitched again in a 

 field about one hundred yards distant. I had a good view of it 

 through the glass, and also saw it very clearly when resting on the 

 shingle. A second gentleman saw the bird at the same time, and 

 although not sufficient of an ornithologist to identify the species at 

 sight, did so upon seeing a specimen in the Museum. The bird 

 appeared somewhat exhausted, and from its movements and general 

 appearance was a bird on migration, resting and refreshing itself at 

 the river. It is the first record of this species in Cumberland. I 

 have kept this species in confinement, and have also seen it in 

 Norfolk. — D. Losh Thorpe (Hon. Curator, Carlisle Museum). 



Goldeneye (Clangula glaucion) in Surrey : Correction. — Vide Zool. 

 ante, page 156, line 22, for " sure " read " rare." — Gordon Dalgliesh 

 (Brook, Witley, Surrey). 



A Nature Study Exhibition, organized by the Nature Study 

 Society, will be held at the Eoyal Botanic Gardens, Eegent's Park, 

 N.W., on Friday and Saturday, June 4th and 5th. Open each day 

 from 10 a.m. to sundown. It will include Aquaria, Vivaria, and other 

 means of observing animals, with photographic and microscopic 

 illustrations. Entrance one shilling. Tickets and all particulars 

 may be obtained of Miss Winifred de Lisle, Hon. Sec. of the Exhi- 

 bition Committee, 58, Tyrwhitt Road, Brockley, S.E. 



O B I T U A E Y. 



Hastings Charles Dent. 



We regret to have to announce the death of Mr. Hastings Charles 

 Dent, which took place on March 6th, 1909. He was born in 1855, 

 and was brought up as an engineer, studying at Owens College, Man- 

 chester, and subsequently becoming tutor and examiner at the Eoyal 

 School of Engineering at the Crystal Palace. He laid down the first 

 tramway in Manchester, and also went out to Brazil to make surveys 

 for railways. He visited several other countries, and, being a man of 



