1 88 Vertebrate Remains from the Peat of Yorkshire. 
but the others were not so easy to define. These I also sent 
to Mr. Newton, who reports as follows : — 
White -tailed Eagle (Haliaetus albicilla L.). Two radii 
and two phalanges of digit 2 (figs. 5, 7, 8). 
Cormorant ( Phalacrocorax carbo L.). Humerus (fig. 4). 
Jay ( Garrulus glandarius L.). Skull and lower jaw ramus 
(figs. 2, 6). 
Golden-eye Duck (Clangula glaucion L.). Skull (fig. 1). 
Small Sheep. Humerus and hyoid bone. 
Beaver ( Castor sp.). Portions of young skull and 
vertebrae. 
Pike ( Esox lucius L.). Clavicle. 
Swan (Cygnus sp.). Numerous fragments of egg-shell. 
With regard to the latter specimens, I submitted them to 
Mr. P. R. Lowe, of the British Museum (Natural History), 
who, after very careful examination, comes to the conclusion 
that the swan is the species represented. 
We have thus been able considerably to extend the record 
of bird remains in the peat, viz., from one species to seven. 
It seems rather remarkable that among the few bird bones 
recorded there should be such a great variety, and that these 
should include such unexpected species as the Kite, White- 
tailed Eagle, Cormorant, and Jay ; the Swan, Wild Duck and 
the Golden-eye, in view of their nesting habits, might almost 
be expected in a peat deposit. 
With regard to the mammals ; the beaver has previously 
been recorded for peat of this district, viz., at Wawne, 
Withernsea and Ulrome (see ‘Beavers in East Yorkshire,’ by 
T. Sheppard, Naturalist, July, 1903, p. 109). The sheep seems 
new. The Pike has been recorded on two or three previous 
occasions. 
Since the above lines were written, Mr. J. W. Stather has 
submitted to me a horn-core from the peat at Barmston which 
Mr. E. T. Newton states is probably Bos longifrons , the short- 
horned ox. This species has previously been recorded from 
the peat at Ulrome and Withernsea. 
I am indebted to Mr. Mason for the accompanying photo- 
graph of his more important specimens, in which is included 
the Wild Duck skull and bone of Kite, now in the Museum. 
: o : 
The Spring Number of Bird Notes and News contains some caustic 
comments on ‘ The B.O.U. and the Egg-Collector.' 
Messrs. H. F. and G. Witherby have published an Index to Vols. 1-12 
of British Birds, and in this way have put workers under a deep debt of 
gratitude, as the contents of the twelve years’ volumes of that useful 
magazine can now readily be examined, and any particular species or 
author easily referred to. The Index forms a substantial volume of 
over 100 pages, is well printed, bound in cloth to match the volumes 
of the British Birds, and sold at 1 5/-. 
Naturalist 
