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FIELD NOTES. 



BIRDS, 



Ring^ed Plovers at Harrogate. — On ist August two Ringed 

 Plovers were picked up dead within the borough of Harrogate, 

 and, curious to relate, they were found in places rather wide 

 apart. — R. Fortune. 



Late Breeding of Birds near Bradford, 1905. — On 14th 

 July I came across a nest of six 3^oung Willow Wrens in Hirst 

 Wood, a well-frequented spot, within two yards of the cart 

 track. On 8th August a Wren was feeding young ones in the 

 nest, about ten days old, in Shipley Glen. I watched this bird 

 feeding for some time, as it was without a tail, and though 

 I waited expecting to see its mate with the usual adornment, I 

 was disappointed, for the only bird that entered the nest was 

 the tailless one. On 6th August Sand Martins were still busy 

 feeding their young in a nest on the banks of the Wharfe, at 

 Ben Rhydding. 28th August : Song Thrush. On this date 

 were some young ones, about ten days old, this being the third 

 clutch hatched off in the same nest. Mr. Midgley has had the 

 opportunity of watching and reporting on this occurrence, and 

 has every reason to believe it is the same pair of birds. This 

 nest is in a garden well sheltered and protected in every way. — 

 W. H. Parkin, Studholme, Shipley. 







POND LIFE. 



Pond Life at Stamford. — Supplementing Dr. George's 

 report on the water mites ['Naturalist,' August 1905, p. 253] 

 I am able, by the kind assistance of Mr. W. J. Wood, F.R.M.S., 

 to give the following list of further organisms taken at Stamford, 

 29th June 1905 : — 



Protozoa. 

 A?nceba vnlga7-is. 

 Amoeba radios l . 

 Arcella -vulgaris. 

 Coleps hirtxis. 

 Paramecium aurelia. 

 Vorticclla iiebiilifcra. 

 Eiiglctia viridis. 

 Kiigle}ia longicaiida. 

 Sfylofiichia mytiliis. 

 Styloii ichia pustulata. 

 Euplotes patella. 



Naturalist, 



Protophyta. 



Diatoma viilgare. 

 Diatoma elongatiim. 

 Navicula cuspidata. 

 Cocconeis placentula. 



DESMmLE. 



Micrasterias den iiculata. 



CLosteriiim lunida. 



Closte rill 7n d idy motocii m . 



Peniiim digitus. 



Cos m aritc m m a rga 7 it if e rii m . 



