138 NOTES ORNITHOLOGY. 



Limnaea peregra Muli. In a pond at Saltwick : a small horse-trough 

 at Robin Hood's Bay ; and on specimens of Unio margarifiUr 

 taken from the Esk near Lealholm Bridge, in 1S7S (H.C.) : in 

 a ditch near Ruswarp, the specimens being of peculiar shape : 

 a pond at Bluebank, near Sleight>: and a horse-trough at Goath- 

 land, 1S79 (H.P. ): a pond near the Saloon, a horse-trough at 

 Upgang, and a ditch near Dunsley, in 18S3 (H.P.) : in dami> 

 places on the underclifts. in 1SS5 (Y.N.U.) : and at Egton 

 Bridge, in 1SS5 (H.C.). 



Limnaea peregra var. ovata Drap. In a large pond at Hawsker, 

 being apparently the only occupant. 1S7S (H.C.): two speci- 

 mens in a ditch at Ruswarp, tSS^^ (H.P. : and several near 

 Sleights, 1SS3 (H.P.). 



LimnaBa peregra monst. decollatum Jefr'. In a horse-trough near 

 Saltwick. in 1S79 (H.C.). 



Limnaea truncatula Miill. Near Ruswarp, 1S78 (H.C.) ; abundant 

 in a ditch near Larpool, in 1S79 (H.P.), the specimens being 

 very line and elongated : and in a ditch at Lealholm Bridge, in 

 1879 (H.P.) ; common on slopes of West Cliff and roadside at 

 Sneaton, 1883, and one specimen in Upgang Beck, 1883 (H.P.). 



Ancylus fluviatilis Miill. Plentiful on specimens of Unio fnargariti- 

 taken in the river Esk, near Lealholm Bridge, in 187S (H.C); 

 plentifid at Mallyon Spout in 1880 (W.D.R.). 



Ancylus lacustris L. Specimens are exhibited in Whitby Museum, 

 which were secured in Mulgrave Park. 



XO TES— ORXITHOL OGY. 

 Puffins in the Humber in February.— It may lie imeresting to 



record the fact of two rutting {Frciierstila aixiica) shot by mysch" on the Plumber, 

 near Hessle, and within hah' a mile of each other, one killed February 4th, the 

 other February 14th, in winter plumage. Their measurements are: — No. i: 

 height. lo^ ins. ; tip :o tip of wing, 22 ins. : length of beak, 1;^ ins. : depth of 

 beak. in. No. 2 : height. 10^^- ins.: tip to ti}^ of wing, 23 ins. Colour of beak, 

 'hisky. will: (MIC .-light ridge rather lighter : tarsus, pale flesh colour. One female, 

 Viy d.i>SL-c:ii Ti .--Iviws that she has laid an egg, which proves it is not a young l^rd. 

 The o:hcr wa.-^ >hoc in the ovary, and the fact of its having laid egg cannot be 

 proved. Both are females. The sides of face or head of both are 'sooty,' and 

 eyelii-is without horny plates. Mr. Stuart, the l.nrd-stuffer here, is setting them up 

 for me. and he tells me in his experience he has never seen them in winter plumage 

 before.— H. J. Kobix^ox Pease. St. Mary's House, Beverley, March 4th, 1SS7. 



Occurrence of Common Buzzards near Whitby.— I have lately 



got a pair of very fine Common Buzzards {Biitco vulgaris^ (male antl female); both 

 were trapped in Mulgrave Woods this winter.— Walter PI. S. Pymax. Moss 

 Brow, ^^'hitby, March 15th, 1S87. 



Redshank in Northumberland. — In May ,1885, when on a visit to 



:he Farne Islands, the fishermen showed me some eggs of the Redshank ( Tetanus 

 -a::dr:A, which they liad obtained near North Sunderland a day or two previous 

 > :o May Sist^i. Last year, 1SS6, I had at least ten sets of Redshanks' eggs sent 

 :o me from Northumberland : they had been taken near Hallington Reservoirs, at 

 which place there i> a -'.v;.\!l gullery. — Ri^ ey Fortuxe. Harrogate, Mar. Sth, 1887. 



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