OTES 



THE WEATHER AND EARLY MIGRATION. 



The abnormally cold and rough weather which mc experienced 

 during August will probably be found to have affected the 

 movements of the autumn migrants all round the coast. On 

 the north Norfolk levels large numbers of Black Terns 

 {Hydrochelidon 7i. nigra) arrived during the first week in 

 August and stayed several days, and one or two Spoonbills 

 {Platalea I. leucorodia) were noticed at the same time. Un- 

 usually large numbers of waders arrived during the month, 

 parties of Golden Plover following each other on passage, 

 and Curlews were seen by Mr. Pashley of Cle}^ in really 

 immense flocks. 



Towards the end of August several Bluethroats {Luscinia 

 svecica) turned up, an unusually early date for them. 



Clifford Borrer. 



ADDITIONAL RECORDS FOR FAIR ISLE AND 

 ST. KILDA. 



In his Studies in Bird-migration, Mr. Eagle Clarke gives 

 a good deal of hitherto unpublished information about the 

 rarities observed in Fair Isle and St. Kilda, and a few new 

 facts about those in the Flannans and Sule Skerry. 



The most important additions thus made to the details 

 given in our Hand-List of British Birds are as follows : — 



22. Greenland Redpoll {Carduelis I. rostrata). — Fair Isle: 

 Extremely abundant in 1905, small numbers in October, 1911. 

 St. Kilda : One, September 9th ; two, September 10th ; one, 

 September 21st, and one September 29th, 1911. Flannans : 

 Several, October and November, 1905. Sule Skerry : One, 

 October, 1911. 



25. CouEs's Redpoll (C. h. exilipes). — Fair Isle: 

 Three, autumn (October 26th, November 3rd and 5th), 1910 

 (1900 in the Hand-List is a mis])rint). 



31. Scarlet Grosbeak [Carpodacus e. erythrinus). — Fair 

 Isle : One, September 4th and one, September 29th, 1908, 

 and one seen " autumn," 1908. St. Kilda : Two, September 

 8th, and one, September 19th, 1910. 



45. Black-headed Bunting {Emheriza melanocephala). — 

 Fair Isle : In addition to the one recorded in 1907 (\\hich was 

 a female) a young male was obtained on August 25th, 1910. 



