BIRDS OF WAKEFIELD. 



By W. Talbot. 



[The following six Birds were vmfortunately overlooked aud omitted from our 

 last issue. They should precede the Black-headed Gull, and the heading 

 should have been Laridce instead of Alcadce. — Eds. Nat.] 



ALCADiE. 



Razorbill {Alca torda) — 



Two came into my possession in the spring of 1853, which had 

 recently been shot in the old river at Kirkthorp. 



PELECANID^. 



Cormorant (Fhalacrocorax Carbo) — 



One has been shot at Stanley Ferry, and another at Kirkthorp 

 Dam ; and four have been seen at Newmillerdam, two of which 

 were shot. 



LARID-^. 



Common Tern (Sterna Hirimdo) — 



I have had several immature specimens brought to me which 

 had been shot on the Calder and *at Cold Hiendley reservoir. 



Arctic Tern {^Sterna macroura) — 



Three specimens are in Mr. Firth's collection, two of which he 

 shot at Kirkthorp Dam and one at Horbury. 

 Lesser Tern ( Sterna minuta) — 



Birds of immature plumage are shot every spring or autumn. 

 At the present time (August 21st) one is on Cold Hiendley 

 reservoir, having been there for several days. 



Black Tern {Sterna fissipes) — 



On several occasions I have seen this bird at Cold Hiendley. 

 In 1873 one remained on the reservoir until the 18th of May. 

 Mr. Parkin has one in his collection shot at Kirkthorp. 



SCIENTIFIC NOMENCLATURE. 

 By Prof. Alfred Newton, F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. 



I WAS once very strongly in favour of what I at the time believed to 

 be a much-needed reform of Scientific Nomenclature, but good fortune 

 threw in my way certain objections to the ideal theory of perfection 

 which I, like your correspondent Mr. Bairstow {Nat. Dec, 1876, 

 p. 73), had adopted. To these objections I gave my best attention, 

 and I soon satisfied myself that they were well founded. Being at 



