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the nest on August 23rd. Strange to say the nest was in the 
Bog’s Field, in a much frequented place, close to a much used 
seat where many boys congregate. It is a matter for surprise 
that it escaped. — R. Fortune. 
Long = tailed Skua near Hebden Bridge.— The accom- 
panying photograph is of a Long-Tailed Skua $ killed at 
Withens Reservoir, Cragg Vale, on June 14th. It is now in the 
Long-taijed Skua. 
Morley Museum. This seems a singular date for the occurrence 
of this species in this country.— G. Parkin, Wakefield. 
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The Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, Part 5, for 
1913, issued May 21st, 1914, contain the Presidential Address of Mr. 
G. T. Bethune- Baker, on ‘ The Scales of the Ruralidae, with some obser- 
vations on their colour problems.’ 
We have received from the Royal Zoological Society in New South 
Wales Part 1 of The Australian Zoologist, issued under the editorship of 
Mr. Allan McCulloch. It is a quarto publication, containing 36 pp. and 
4 plates, and contains: — 'The Mallophaga as a possible clue to Bird 
Phylogeny,’ by L. Harrison ; ‘ Bird Sanctuaries,’ by A. F. Bassett Hall ; 
‘A Monograph of the genus Tisiphone,’ by G. A. Waterhouse; ‘A New 
Victorian Araneid,’ by W. J. Rainbow; ' Notes on the Breeding Habits 
of the Purple-striped Gudgeon,’ by A. Gale ; ‘A New Australian Caprellid,’ 
by the Rev. T. R. R. Stebbing; ‘ Notes on some Australian Syngnathidae, ’ 
by A. R. McCulloch ; and ‘ Bird Notes from the North-west of New South 
Wales,’ by W. F. Froggatt. The publication is well produced, and should 
prove a valuable factor in connection with the advancement of zoological 
science in Australia. 
Naturalist, 
