IN MEMORIAM. 
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ant chirring from the grasshoppers flying and the whole place 
seemed alive with them. 
The next day however was not so hot and to my regret we had 
to leave Mt. Revard, after a very enjoyable stay. We went down 
again in the train passing a lot of vineyards on the way. It grew 
hotter as we got lower down until in Aixe-les-bains it was almost 
stifling. And so ended a most pleasant stay in Savoy for the next 
morning we started for Paris, homeward bound once more. 
IN MEMORIAM. ERNEST ATKINS. 
It is with the deepest regret that we learn the sad news of the 
untimely death of the promising young editor of the Sussex and 
Hauls Naturalist. As one of our most valut d correspondents and 
a fellow member of the Practical Naturalist s Society we eel that 
in him we have lost a friend. He was a most clevei young 
naturalist and it is unspeakingly sad to see such a scientifi career 
as lay before him cut short at so early an age. He had been a 
student of God’s creatures from his earliest years and before he 
reached his teens had contributed articles to various papers and 
periodicals. He leaves behind him a completed work on the 
“ Birds of Eastbourne and District” which will be shortly in the 
publisher’s hands. 
THE BIRDS OF MANCHESTER 
By J. E. Sanders. 
{Conducted from page 163.) 
Starling, magpie, jackdaw, carrion crow, rook, skylark, swift, 
and nightjar, are all common. The green woodpecker ( Gecinus 
viridis), occurs rarely. The great spotted woodpecker ( Dendro- 
copis major), and the lesser spotted woodpecker (D. minor), are 
scarce, but have both occurred at Clifton. 
The king-fisher is not uncommon in the Knoll Valley ; hoopoe, 
once shot at Clifton. 
Cuckoo, common. Barn owl, common ; short eared owl (Asio 
accipitnuns'), scarce ; tawny owl (. Syrnium aluco ), scarce. 
Sparrow-hawk, merlin, and kestrel, common : osprey, once 
shot at Heaton Park; heron, common. Wild duck, ( Anas boscas ) 
common in winter. Ring dove, turtle dove and partridge, com¬ 
mon. Quail, scarce; corn crake ( Crexpra tens is) common; spotted 
crake ( Porzana maruetta), scarce ; one was shot at Verutlebury, 
November, 1891; water rail, common; water hen ( Gallinula 
chloropus ) common ; dotterel, rare, once shot at Prestwich ; 
golden plover, common in winter; lapwing, common; woodcock, 
