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fined to a few pairs remaining to breed. On tlie 11th wq had the 

 good fortune to find a nest with eggs on the heath where the heather 

 was very thin, and not far from several lagoons. The old bird 

 *' wriggled " off her nest quite at our feet. It contained seven eggs 

 much incubated, and consisted of a depression surrounded by a 

 great quantity of down plucked from the breast of the bird, which 

 was held together by numerous particles of a green lichen, so 

 common on heaths, and was therefore a most beautiful object. It is 

 now in my collection. 



Common Wild Duck (Wilde annt). — Numerous, and nesting in the 

 long grass of the marshes. 



Teal ( Winter taling). — Very numerous. A quantity of eggs obtained 

 on the heaths. 



Garganey {Zomer taling). — Not uncommon. A nest found by us on 

 the 7th contained ten eggs; it was placed among heather about 

 five inches long, close to the ground, and composed of broad dry 

 grass surrounded with down. The eggs were of a rich cream colour. 

 The bird rose when we were only a few yards from the nest. 



Black Tern (Zwarte stern). — A flock of this elegant species was always 

 to be seen hovering in graceful evolutions over the Tongreep. They 

 breed in company on the swampy islands, but the date of our 

 departure was a few days before the usual time for this species to 

 have eggs. 



Black -headed Gull. — Only a few seen. 

 Leeds, December, 1879. 



Black-Throated Diver near, Halifax. — Dec. 15th, 1874, James 

 Sunderland shot on the Albert Reservoir, at Halifax, a black-throated 

 diver, the most perfect specimen I ever saw, an adult male in full 

 plumage. On the 3rd of January, 1880, the same man, on the same sheet 

 of water, shot a female of the same species, in good plumage. I have 

 seen both birds. The little grebe and kingfisher have been seen on the 

 Calder, at Elland. I never saw birds so scarce as they are this year. — 

 C. C. Hanson. 



Larentia rujicinctata in Yorkshire. — Mr. J. W. Carter, of Bradford, 

 has sent me for determination a specimen of this insect taken on Malham 

 Moor, August 27th, 1876. I believe a specimen was taken some years 

 ago on the moors near Huddersfield, but it seems to be an exceedingly 

 rare species in Yorkshire. — Geo. T. Porritt. 



