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Rh 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. 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. — John Heppenstall; Upperthorpe, near Sheffield, June 19, 1843.

Note on the occurrence of Hawks near Sheffield.