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Station. The bird seems to be increasing as a breeding species 

 in this neighbourhood. 



20th June — About this time a Common Buzzard was taken 

 by a boatman on the Calf of Man, as recorded in ' Zoologist,' 

 August 1907, p. 308. About the same time another was obtained 

 in Glen Auldyn, and is now in the Ramsey Museum. In Novem- 

 ber and December, a third specimen, which wanted a tail, was 

 observed by Mr. F. S. Graves and others soaring over the 

 Curragh at Greeba. 



5th July — Saw^ seven or eight nests of Arctic Tern at the 

 only Manx breeding place, mostly with eggs. 



i8th July — Found a second colony of Kittiwakes on our 

 South Coast, perhaps fifty pairs (' Zoologist,' August 1907, 

 p. 308). 



20th August — A few Sanderlings at Sandwick. They seem 

 to occur in small numbers each spring and autumn with Dunlins 

 and Ringed Plovers. 



12th September — Saw a Kingfisher on the shore at Poolvash. 



27th October — Saw the last Swallows, about six. 



7th November — Saw first Purple Sandpipers of the season 

 at Scarlett. Seven on Langness on 21st. 



19th November — The Isle of Man Hunt put up nearly a 

 dozen Short-eared Owls from a turnip field at Ballatrollog. 

 Mr. G. Storey tells me they have been very common in the 

 fields of the Southern district this autumn. 



26th December — A few ' Hunt the Wrens ' turned out in 

 Castletown this morning, though the weather was very cold 

 and stormy. 







GEOLOGY, 



Marine Beds~in the Coal Measures near Doncaster. — 



{/ Naturahst,' February 1908, p. 39). — The position of the bed 

 below the Melton Field (Wath Wood) Coal should have been 

 stated as 100 feet below that seam, and 382 feet above the 

 Barnsley Coal. — H. Culpin. 



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BIRDS, 



Great Grey Shrike near Whitby. — A fine example of the 

 Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor) was shot on the Mulgrave 

 Estate on March 26th. The skin has been preserved and 

 mounted for the Rev. Marquis of Normanby. — T. Stephenson, 

 Whitby. 



1908 May I. 



