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saw it while it was being set up for Mr. F. B. Hinchliff of 

 Instow, and kindlv obtained the above particulars from 

 Mr. Rowe. " F. C. R. Jourdain. 



LITTLE AUKS IN SUSSEX AND WARWICKSHIRE. 



The Little Auks {Alle alle) have put in an early appearance 

 this winter, several having been observed along the coast, 

 and I regret to say some have already been obtained. The 

 first capture that came to my notice was at Winchelsea, on 

 October 31st, 1912. Another at Bopeep on November 2nd, 

 and on the same day one was killed by a bottle being thrown 

 at it from St. Leonards Pier, after spending a couple of days 

 swimming among the piles. H. W. Foed-Lindsay. 



[Two more were seen from St. Leonards Pier on 

 November 11th.— N.F.T.] 



On November 5th, 1912, a Little Auk {Alle alle) was brought 

 to me. It had been picked up alive in the road in Rugby 

 on the previous day. We had had no rough weathei- 

 since the previous Thursday (October 31st) when the wind 

 shifted from south through Avest to north-\\est. The bird 

 appeared to be in good condition. H. Collison. 



Tree-Pipits in Ireland. — Professor C. J. Patten recounts 

 at some length in the Irish Naturalist (1912, pp. 209-13) 

 his capture of two examples of Anthus t. trivialis, a young 

 female on September 10th, 1912, and a yoimg female on 

 September 22nd, at the Tuskar Rock. co. Wexford. These 

 are the first authenticated records of the occurrence of this 

 species in Ireland. Professor Patten argues that these birds 

 v>ere emigrating from Ireland, and suggests that thej'- breed 

 there and are overlooked. It is possible, we suppose, that 

 they do, but it seems more likely that Tree-Pipits from the 

 west coast of Scotland occasionally pass do"\Mi the east coast 

 of Ireland on passage. The fact that one of the birds obtained 

 in the early morning had no food in its stomach hardly points 

 to emigration from Ireland, since the Tuskar is but a very 

 few miles from the land. 



White Wagtails in co. Donegal. — Mr. N. H. Foster 

 writes {Irish Nat., 1912, p. 218) that he observed about 

 twenty Motacilla a. alha on the shore at Bundoran, co. 

 Donegal, from August 12th to 14th. 1912. 



Wryneck in co. Galway. — Mr. R. ]M. Barrington records 

 {Irish Nat., 1912, p. 207) the occurrence of an example of 

 lynx t. torquilla killed striking the Aran lighthouse, co. 



