Short Notes and Queries. 



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doubt have remarked the scarcity of Vanessa lo in their district for 

 many years past, compared with what it used to be. F. urticce is still 

 common, and F. Atatanta not scarce ; why, then, should the peacock 

 butterfly " desert us ? 



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cS^ort Bntes anb Queries. 



Arrival of Migrants, East Riding, 1882. — Mar. 17th, chiff-chaff ; 

 26th, wheatear and pied wagtail. April 8th, willow- wren ; 10th, swallow 

 and yellow wagtail ; 15th, sand-martin ; 16th, whinchat ; 20th, tree 

 pipit ; 21st, sedge warbler ; 22nd, cuckoo near Selby ; 24th, garden 

 warbler. — J. D. Butterell, Beverley, 25th April, 



Rare Eggs at Strensall Common. — During the last four weeks the 

 following notable eggs have been taken on Strensall Common, near York : 

 four nests of the teal {Anas crecca), three nests of the little grebe or 

 dabchick {Fodiceps minor), two by myself, and three white eggs of the 

 linnet {Fringilla Cannahina). — W. Hewett, 26 Clarence Street, York. 



Breeding of the Quail near Snaith. — I have lately received four 

 eggs of the quail from Mr. G. Lowe, of New Leeds. They were taken 

 by a relation of his on Balne Moor, near Snaith, during the spring of 

 1880. The nest contained six eggs, all of which were taken. The quail 

 is frequently seen during the spring and summer months at Ryther, near 

 Selby, and though its nest has not been observed, I have no doubt it 

 breeds there. — Walter Raine, May 18th. 



Nightingale at Scarborough. — It will interest ornithologists in 

 Yorkshire to hear that we really have the nightingale at Scarborough this 

 year. On the 10th instant I listened to its unmistakeable ^'jug, jug,'' 

 and piping and other liquid notes, for half-an-hour between 11 p.m. and 

 midnight. I lived, many years ago, in Surrey, and became very familinr 

 with these notes, so can speak with confidence as to its not having been 

 "Peggy" this time. — Wm. Robinson, West Bank, Scarborough, May 

 23rd. 



Gadwall and Garganey near Beverley. — A pair, male and female, 

 of the gadwall {Anas strepera), the female containing eggs of about the 

 size of a pea ; and a pair, male and female, of the garganey {Anas quer- 

 quednla), were both shot on the river Hull, near Beverley, last week, and 

 are now on sale at the local bird-stuffers. — N. F. Dobree, Beverley, 17th 

 May. 



Bank's Oar-Fish and Deal-Fish at Bridlington. — A specimen of 

 Bank's oar-fish (Hawkin's Gymnetrus), was recently washed up dead on the 

 Yorkshire coast, near to Bridlington Quay. Villagers who found it mu- 

 tilated it badly before Mr. Thos. Boynton of Ulrome Grange, living near, 

 received information, but he was in time to identify it and to take the 



