854 Lcl/crs, Ewfrads, Xo/ires^ &;c. 



Weymouth ])iue seem to be its special favoia'ites, and it lias 

 been observed to roost in the oak brushwood near these 

 pines at a height of only 10 or 12 feet from the ground, 

 notwithstanding tliat tall trees abound all round. 



Although one particular bird still stays in this neighbour- 

 hood, I understand that at the present moment the greater 

 number of these migrants have left this country — greatly 

 thinned in numbers, I am afraid ! 



Yours &c., 



F. E. Blaauw. 



Gooilust, December Ist, 1900. 



[The irruption of Nucifraga caryocatactes in the autumn 

 of last year has been likewise recorded in many parts of 

 Northern Germany. See " Wanderzug des schlankschna- 

 beligcn Tannenhahers/^ by Prof. Dr. R. Blasius, in • Zeitschr. 

 fiir Orn. u. prackt. Gefliigelzucht/ January 1891. — Edd.] 



Sirs, — I see that in the notice of Dr. Bowdler Sharpens 



article on Birds in the recently published ' Monograph of 



Christmas Island/ you remark that " It is a pity that the 



distribution of the occasional visitors is not more fully stated 



in the monograph, in order to give us some better idea of 



the origin of the bird-life of Christmas Island." I should 



like to point out that the general facts of the distribution of 



the Christmas Island birds are stated on page 299 of the 



Monograph, and that, in most cases, the range is given in 



the list of species on page 305. 



Yours &c., 



Chas. W. Andrews. 



British Museum (Natural History), 



Cromwell Road, S.W., 

 December 12th, 1900. 



[This is quite true — we had unfortunately omitted to 

 notice the paragraph about the distribution of the Bird- 

 life given in the chapter on '' The Geographical Relations 

 of the Fauna and Flora of Christmas Island''' (p. 299) of 

 Mr. Andrews' Report. But it would have been better if 

 attention had been directed to these remarks in the chapter 

 on the Birds. — Edd.] 



