In noticing an undoubted specimen of this American species
said to have been killed in Hampshire J(vol.-iii;. p. 160), I
did not then consider the evidence quite sufficient to justify
admission to the' British lift,. On the 15th of January,
1886, Mr. Jerikinson shot and~sent to Mr. '¥ingbe for pre*
nervation '(Zqol. 1885, p. -11§^ a specimen which I have
since examined.
. Totanus solitarius- {Wtlsony. The Solitary Sandpiper.
In my note on this species (vol. iii. p. 468), I hesitated to
include :the- species on the reported \ occurrence on 'ther Scilly
Islands of: an example 'which had not been authenticatedi by
some expert. \ Since then, a bird of”-thi$Ispecie's^has been
shot near Marazion, Cornwall, and has been identified1'by
competent authorities (Zool. 1885; -p.
. ; CoMifB^| -adamsi,. Bray. ■' The Yellow-billed Northern
Diver. Since writing the remarks on this recognizable specie^
0vol. iv.U;p. 100), Mr. J. H. Gurney has kindly Centime a
photograph of the head of&the rmmMuresibirdAshot^'bB^he
Suffolk, coast'in 1852, and the form oft the bill shwJ^lSarly
that j|p is an example Jof. ~-(3,MfWbusv adam/sifri MVEr. H.
Seebohm has identified a'second specinl^^llfEh ^fWcrfst'le
Museum, shot - on the-coast-of ^Northumberland, and has
given his views on the 1 geographical ^diStiibtf#ibn. of «the
species in 1 The Zbologi^^tl865-, p.r144:> ^
lam only aware of-three errors -of5suffiCieht’dmportance
for-notice beyond the inevitable. Errata. | The'-fres-tus- to: be
found in vol. iii. -p. 678, ime v# 6p-%4th ^ descriptionOf’ the
young of the Arctic1’ Skua, 11 where;'ffey -antintovbltehie*/ the
worda^the shafts Of the two1'outer feathers white;-thy*@tbbrs
dusky ” ; have slipped ‘’theypYeally trifle to' the rnext
‘.species; the Long-tailed' SkuaYf’7’
In the article on the Puffin, vdl>-ivf^v-95; dfeb'?2fhy'a sM$'
of the- pen •eonBequenh^polF tb'e trans'posttion<i-Ofr the- words
jsj summer ’ and jf winter ’ in th ^ r ^ if el^^^itiy^o^pCipfe hf
what is meant is simfeit't&ft'i’is Obvious fha-t^the' bill*, d^ljpil
Puffin is. larger in summer than-in whiter; and that word
should be-substituted for “ smaller.! P ■
Lastly, in the list of Norfolk heronries (vol. iv. p. 166)
tiere is a double error in the statement’ that^ there-is a
colony of Herons at Spixwortb, and that their nests are in
Portugal laurels. There is no heronry at Spixworth, and
the birds which bred in the laurels were Books; but
although the information has proved to be incorrect, it came
from an informant whose name is so well known in connec-.
tion with Norfolk that there was no primary reason to doubj
it. To those who are only acquainted with the Heron as
nesting on tall trees, myhcredulity may appear absurd, but
ornithologists,.: of wider experience”1 who have seen, op * the
one hand, laurelf’Strong enough to- sustain the nest of an
Eagle, and have found, on the other, Herons nesting on
mere bushes, will admit that there was no inherent improbability
in the .statement#,”;’!
H oward Saunders, :-,
7, Radnor Plage, Hid e Park, W .,
30th Ap%ilp&8&5,.