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grateful if those correspondents wlio have recorded the 

 presence of Crossbills and have not recorded their departure 

 or continued presence would let me have concise information 

 by postcard or letter on the following points : — (1) AVlien 

 did tlie Crossbills dej)art (if they did depart) from the locality. 

 (2) When and to what extent did their numbers diminish 

 (if they did diminish). (3) If none apjieared to depart, or 

 if only a percentage departed, wliat was the last date they 

 were observed and in what numbers were they. (4) Did 

 they breed in the locality. 



H. F. WiTHERBY. 



Brecon. — " During tlie last winter," plentiful until " quite 

 late — in one place until April." None were observed 

 after the middle of April (E. Cambridge Phillips, Field, 

 10. IX. 1910, p. 537). 



Kent. — On the evening of September 5th, 1910, a single 

 Crossbill fle\A-, calling, into a fir-tree under which I was 

 standing at Ingleden, Tenterden. This is the only bird 

 that has been seen here since the passing flocks which 

 I recorded seeing on June 26th {antea, p. 83) {N. F. 

 Ticehurst). 



Merioneth. — A flock of twenty-five or thirty passing over- 

 head at Dinas Mawddwy on August 9th, 1910 {H. H. 

 Far wig). 



Somerset. — A visitation at Bumham is recorded by Mr. 

 P. Percival in the Field (13. viii. 1910), but no date is 

 given. 



Surrey. — Two observed at Frensham and six at Millbridge 

 on September 11th, 1910. None noticed in the Oxted 

 neighbourhood since July 17th [Howard Bentham). 



On behalf of the Migration Committee of the B.O.C. I am 

 sending the following notes of the occurrence of Crossbills 

 which were sent us during the autumn of 1909, and which were 

 overlooked in our previous communication on this subject : — 



Sussex. — During the month of August, 1909, several were 

 seen in the parish of Isfield [Miss A. Shenstone). 



Northamptonshire. — A family party seen at Hazelbeach 

 on August 5th, 1909 ; two at Harlestone Firs, near 

 Northampton, on August 6th : and a party of about 

 three dozen at Maid well Dales, near Hazelbeach, on 

 August 22nd. Still numerous at Hazelbeach on November 

 2nd, 1909 (W. A. Shaw). N. F. Ticehurst, Hon. Sec. 



