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regular visitor to the Scarborough district, and probably 
breeds occasionally, but this is the first record we possess of 
a nest having been found ; the only other evidence of the 
species having nested with us being procured many years 
ago, when a pair of the birds was seen feeding young ones 
that had already left the nest. — T. N. Roberts. 
White Carrion Crow at Buckden. — A White Carrion 
Crow is flying about in the neighbourhood of the village of 
Buckden in Upper Wharfedale. It is probably an albino. 
The gamekeeper says it is pure white all over, but on the 
half dozen occasions that I saw it, it appeared to be darker 
on the under wing coverts, though possibly this was due to 
the rather defective light at the time. The keeper says it has 
been about there for nearly three years, and that it is a female, 
and had a nest on the other side of the valley, just opposite to 
the village. The exceptionally heavy hailstorm they had 
there in May (which killed the monster Trout) probably 
saved the White Crow’s life. She and her black mate were 
feeding young at the nest at that time, and the keeper was 
arranging to shoot them. But he never saw them return to 
the nest after the storm, and most likely the young birds had 
been killed by the huge hailstones. — H. B. Booth, Ben 
Rhydding. 
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ENTOMOLOGY. 
Convolvulous Hawk Moth at Ilkley . — I recently received 
a specimen of a male Sphinx convolvuli, which had been taken 
flying about the shop of Mr. J. H. Kemp (Ilkley), about 8-15 
on the evening of September 16th. — Jo. Beanland. 
Wensleydale Diptera, corrections and additions. — 
There are two errors in the list on p. 316. Sciomyza griseola 
Fal. should be S. pallidiventris Fal., and Sapromyza obsoleta 
Fal. should be S. illota Lw. These have been identified by 
Mr. J. E. Collin, who kindly examined them and other 
Acalypterates. He says that Leria biseta Lw. was previously 
unknown to him as British, and also that another fly I was 
unable to place, is Heteromyza ( Eurygnathomyia ) opomyzina 
Ztt. As far as he can trace this has only been taken twice 
previously, in Scandinavia. The wood where it was taken on 
East Witton Fell was cut down by Finns, and this may be 
one of their legacies. Another addition to our list he has is 
Hilara beckeri Strobl. — Chris. A. Cheetham. 
MAMMALS . 
Red and Fallow Deer : Lost Yorkshire Herds. — In 
‘ A descriptive list of the Deer Parks and Paddocks of England’ 
Naturalist 
