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when all had disappeared. Mr. A. H. Evans states 

 {Fauna of Tweed Area), " We have no record of the 

 large Greenland form." Mr. Bolam mentions large 

 specimens of the "Wheatear as occurring late in autumn 

 and one, of which he gives the wing-measurement as 

 41 inches (say 108 mm.) must ha\e been of the Greenland 

 race. 



Black Redstart {Phoenicurus o. gihraltariensis). — On 

 October 11th I had a good view with binoculars at 

 about fifty yards of a Black Redstart sitting on a wall. 

 At that distance it looked black on the upper-parts and a 

 dark grey on the under-parts, and the deep red of its tail 

 was conspicuous. I had two more views of it at about 

 a hundred yards, but it was very wild and would not 

 permit a near approach. In flight it showed no white on 

 the wing and must have been a young bird or a female. 

 The Black Redstart is rarely recorded in the north, and 

 there seem only some five previous records for Nor- 

 thumberland and only one for the Tweed Area. 



Continental Redbeeast (Davdahis r. nihecula). — 

 There was no considerable immigration of Redbreasts, 

 but we saw one or two examples of the Continental form 

 on several days. I obtained one on September 24th, 

 but saw no more until the 28th, when one appeared ; on 

 the 30th I saw four (one of which I obtained) and these 

 stayed until October 3rd, when I saw none. On October 

 ]Oth I saw one and on the 11th and 12th two, but after 

 this date no more were seen until the 18th, when one 

 appeared. Mr. Bolam writes of the immigration of 

 Robins, but does not seem to think that the visitors stay. 

 Mr. Evans on the other hand states, "About September 

 our native stock is said to be augmented by immigrants, 

 which remain with us during the cold season." Neither 

 writer distinguishes the Continental race, and it is only 

 by doing so that -we can determine as to whether these 

 immigrants are winter-visitors to the area or merely 

 passage-migrants . 



