five or fifty feet from the water. Where a stratum of sand or loose earth overlies the sand-stone, the face of which has been exposed, whether by quarrying or aqueous action, the holes of the sand-martin (Hirundo riparia) may be seen. So that I quite expect soon to find a colony of house-martins and another of sand-martins, the one just above the other.—Id.
Note on the occurrence of rare Birds in Lincolnshire. Having for some years past been in the practice of penning down the observations I have made on the habits &c. of the feathered tenants of our "sea-girt isle," I was induced, from a perusal of your magazine, to believe that the following list of "rara aves," which have come under my notice during my residence in the rich, but apparently little explored, district, from whence this communication is dated, would perhaps prove interesting to some of your readers. If such should be the case, I should be most happy to forward any further information respecting the species herein named, it is in my power to give.
| Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus | Bridled guillemot, Uria lacrymans |
| Merlin, Falco Æsalon | Razor-bill, Alca torda |
| Goshawk, Falco palumbarius | Little auk, Alca alle |
| Rough-legged buzzard, Falco lagopus | Richardson's skua, Lestris Richardsonii |
| Ash-coloured shrike, Lanius excubitor | Bittern, Ardea stellaris |
| Common cormorant, Pelecanus Carbo | Crossbill, Loxia curvirostra |
| Shag, Pelecanus cristatus | Snow-bunting, Emberiza nivalis |
| Solan goose, Pelecanus Bassanus | Brambling, Fringilla montifringilla |
| Dun diver, Mergus Merganser | Twite, Linota montium |
| Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator | Lesser red-poll, Linota linaria |
| Red-throated diver, Colymbus septentrio- | Pied fly-catcher, Muscicapa atricapilla |
| Black-throated diver, C. arcticus[nalis | Great snipe, Scolopax major |
These specimens have all been obtained by me since the year 1840.—S. Willoughby; Bratoft, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire; June 15, 1843.
Note on the arrival of the Summer Birds of Passage near Sheffield, in 1843.
| Wheatear, Vitiflora Œnanthe, | April 3 | Tree lark, Anthus arboreus, | April 20 |
| Ring ousel, Merula Torquata, | April„ 4 | Garden warbler, Curruca hortensis | April„ 21 |
| Swallow, Hirundo rustica, | April„ 12 | Black-cap warbler, C. atricapilla | April„ 23 |
| Willow-wren,Phyllopneuste Tro- | April„ 15 | Whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea | May 4 |
| Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, [chilus | April„ 18 | Swift, Cypselus Apus, | May„ 6 |
| Wryneck, Yunx Torquilla, | April„ 19 | Lesser Whitethroat, Syl. Curruca | May„ 7 |
| Redstart, Ruticilla Phœnicura | April„ 19 | Spotted flycatcher, Butalis grisola | May„ 7 |
— John Heppenstall; Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, June 19, 1843.
Note on the occurrence of Hawks near Sheffield.
| Osprey, Pandion Haliaetos. (Zool. 14.) Rough-legged buzzard, Butaëtes lagopus. Pretty abundant during the winter of 1839-40, and seen most winters. |
Peregrine falcon, Falco peregrinus. Not unfrequent. Hobby, Falco subbuteo. Pretty generally distributed during the summer season |
