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Richardson's Skua at Wakefield and Norland Moor. — On the 

 morning of the 18th Oct. , Mr. Wm. Talbot, of Wakefield, brought in a 

 fine specimen of Richardson's skua {Lestris Richardsonii), which had been 

 shot on the 15th inst. at Wakefield. The following week I went to see my 

 friend Mr. John Gibson at Sowerby Bridge, who showed me a specimen 

 of the same bird which had been shot on Norland Moor also on the 15th 

 inst. — James Varley. 



Great-crested Grebe and Kittiwakb at Wakefield. — Mr. WilHam 

 Talbot showed me a great-crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus), in immature 

 female dress : also a kittiwake {Larus tridactylus), both killed at Wake- 

 field this autumn. — J ames Varley. 



Little Grebe and Water Rail near Huddersfield. — My friend Mr. 

 Morley, of Skelmanthorpe, has brought me two birds for identification. 

 One of them is the little grebe {Podiceps minor), the other the water-rail 

 (Rallus aquaticiis). The former was killed by flying against the telegraph 

 wires, the water-rail by flying against a long chimney. — James Varley. 



Common Bunting (Emheriza miliaria). — I received for preservation 

 a very pretty fawn-coloured variety of this bird, shot in the north of 

 Scotland last week. — G. Parkin, Brampton, Cumberland, Nov. 15th. 



Late Migrants. — Three swallows were daily on the wing in the Rybum 

 valley, during the last week in October. I saw one on November 1st, 

 but none after. — F. G. S. Rawson. 



Correction. — Dusky Petrel. — The bird I announced as the dusky 

 petrel turns out, according to the decision of Mr. J. E. Harting and Mr. 

 Sharpe (head of the ornithological department of the British Museum), to 

 be the Manx shearwater, although it difiers very considerably from the 

 description given in Yarrell. Prof. Newton informs me the description of 

 the petrel given in many books is very imperfect : hence the difficulty of 

 determining the species to which a specimen belongs. He knows of 

 another case in which the Manx shearwater was announced as the dusky 

 petrel. — J. Spurling, Wakefield, Nov. 18th. 



REVIEW.— The Young NaturaHst." London: Bower Bros., 146, 

 Walworth-road, S.E. Edited by S. L. Mosley and J. E. Robson.— 

 Nos. I, II, and III. — This new venture, as its name implies, and as the 

 opening address tells us, "is to cultivate a taste for Natural History 

 among the young." We trust, and moreover have every confidence, that 

 it will succeed in so good an object. Both editors are well known as good 

 naturalists. The articles thus far are well chosen, for though in the first 

 two numbers we were inclined to think entomology received rather too 

 large a share of attention in a general magazine, it is altered in No. III. 

 It appears weekly (every Saturday) in eight-page numbers, published at 

 Id., and is consequently within reach of the pocket of every schoolboy. 

 Besides being printed in clear type, it is profusely illustrated ; and 

 although we notice several slight errors, chiefly printers', there are not 



