Field Note. 
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Common Snipe. — A perfect albino form appeared on the 
marsh near Bowness on Solway in September, and is now 
being kept under close observation by local bird lovers to 
preserve it, if possible, from the gunmen. 
The above list only includes examples which I have either 
personally seen, or know to have been seen by a reliable bird 
man. Other instances have come to my notice, but as I was 
unable to verify either personally, or from a reliable source, 
I have not included them. For instance, jackdaws breed 
commonly in the cliffs at Penton, and a farm-hand tells me 
that a pure white bird came from one of the nests this year 
and was to be seen daily. 
This may be quite correct, but I have had no opportunity 
of going to see it, and could find no one else who had actually 
seen it except my informant. 
ARCTOSTAPHYLOS UVA-URSI Spreng., IN 
YORKSHIRE. 
In reference to Mr. R. J. Flintoff’s note in the December issue of The 
Naturalist, p. 374. Mr. A. E. Bradley writes : ‘ There is no mistake of 
identification in my Bearberry record, my father-in-law, Mr. T. R. 
Marsden, who was the “ friend ” referred to in the note, told me that 
Bearberry near Slippery Stones grew mixed with Cowberry. From the 
small bundle which he brought for me I selected two pieces which had 
a quantity of good foliage ; one of these I gave to Dr. F. A. Lees, the 
other piece is before me now, and I shall be glad to show it to anyone 
who is interested . 
Mr. Ralph Chislett also writes : ‘ I can confirm that Arctostaphylos 
uva-ursi grows on the Yorkshire side of the Derbyshire Derwent, above 
Slippery Stones. I have known the locality long and well ; in spite of 
the attentions of the herbalists in 1900, the plant was abundant there 
in the spring of 1932.’ 
FIELD NOTE. 
Grey Phalarope at Liverpool. — In The Naturalist for 
June, 1932, I recorded the occurrence of two Grey Phalaropes 
(Phalaropus fulicarius) on the Cheshire coast at Dove Point, 
one of which was shot. It is interesting to note that another 
specimen was watched at Hoy lake, near the same spot, on 
October 27th, 1932, after previously being reported to me by 
naturalists, sportsmen and the keeper from between Hoylake 
and Hilbre Island (Dee estuary). As far as I am aware 
the bird was not shot. It was frequently watched swimming 
and feeding on the edge of the water and afforded an admirable 
study subject for some of the ornithological section of the 
Liverpool Naturalists’ Field Club. — Eric Hardy. 
1933 Jan. 1 
