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YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER IN LINCOLNSHIRE. 



On Septembei" 25th, 1912, I shot a Yellow-browed Warbler 

 (Phylloscopus s. superciliosus) in a thorn-hedge near the sea 

 bank at North Cotes. There was a fresh east wind blowing, 

 and the weather was fair, but very few birds were moving, 

 a single Redstart, two Ring-Ouzels, and half a dozen Gold- 

 crests being the only migrants seen during the day. This 

 is the first example which has appeared here in September, 

 the previous occurrences having taken place during 

 the following month. G. H. Caton Haigh. 



BLACKCAPS, CHIFFCHAFFS, AND SWALLOW 

 WINTERING IN THE BRITISH ISLES. 



On February 1st, 1913, 1 watched a male and female Blackcap 

 {Sylvia a. atricapilla) in the " Rock Garden " at Torquay, 

 Devon. The female, which for a time was only a few feet 

 away from me, was feeding upon the berries of ivy. It is 

 interesting to note that the male and female were together 

 in winter-quarters, for it is often stated that the immigrant 

 males arrive in England before the females, Avhich suggests 

 that the sexes do not winter in company. T. A. Coward. 



On January 25th, 1913, I had a good view, at close range, 

 of a female Blackcap {Sylvia a. atricapilla) in the parish of 

 Weare, Somerset ; the sun was shining and the light good at 

 the time. I re-visited the spot a little later and saw the 

 bird again, when it was engaged in capturing an occasional 

 gnat and feeding on the berries of the privet, of which there 

 was a large crop in the hedge. Harvey W. Mapleton. 



On February 8th, 1913, I saw a Chiffchaff {Phylloscopus 

 collybifa) in a sheltered orchard at Blackpool near Dart- 

 mouth, Devon. It is unlikely that this was an exceptionally 

 early immigrant. T. A. Coward. 



I HAVE to-day (February 10th, 1913) seen a Chiffchaff 

 {Phylloscopus collyhita) near Tring, Hertfordshire. The bird 

 was on some willows, within a few feet of me and occasionally 

 alighted on a fence w'here I could identify it with absolute 

 certainty. The legs were dark and the general colour of 

 the upper-parts brownish-green. M. Bedford. 



Mr. Armsteen, of Cork, has sent me a 'Chiffchaff {Phyl- 

 loscopus collyhita) in the flesh for identification. It was 

 caught alive on January 25tli, 1913 Allen Silver. 



