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the Yorkshire coast, but no specimens of the Tits were 

 forthcoming. It should be mentioned that in his Birds of 

 Yorkshire (Vol. 1., p. 108) Mr. Nelson states that Great and 

 Blue Tits are frequently noted as migrants on the coast and 

 that they have been knovvn to alight on vessels in the North 

 Sea. A movement of both species observed on the Yorkshire 

 coast on October 30tli, 1878, corresponded with a similar 

 migration at Heligoland. It is most important, however, 

 that examples of these migrants should be properly identified, 

 and I think that Dr. C. B. Ticehurst is the first to have done 

 so in the case of the Great Tit, while we have no actual 

 proof, from the identification of specimens, so far as I know, 

 of the occurrence of the Continental Blue Tit. — H.F.W. 



In the Field of November 12th, Mr. F. W. Frohawk quoted 

 a letter dated November 1st, 1910 from Mr. C. J. King, of 

 St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly, that at that date St. Agnes (one of 

 the most south-westerly islands of the group) was swarming 

 with Great Tits and Goldcrests. In compliance with my 

 request Mr. Frohawk very kindly procured one of these Great 

 Tits from his correspondent, during the last week in November. 

 The bird was accomjjanied by a note to the effect that the 

 Goldcrests had left a day or two after their arrival and the 

 Tits were then leaving. On examining this bird I find that 

 it too belongs to the continental form. 



Through the kindness of Mr. H. S. D. Byron I have also 

 had the opportunity of examining another of these Continental 

 Great Tits; it was shot by him at St. Peters, in Thanet (E. Kent) 

 on October 26th, 1910, and he informs me that Great Tits were 

 very (and unusually) plentiful in that district during the latter 

 part of October, which corresponds fairly exactly with Dr. C. B. 

 Ticehurst' s account of the immigration on the east coast 

 further north. It is fortunate that Mr. Byron procured on > 

 of these birds, for it was owing to his being unaware of 

 their possible origin that he made no exact observations on 

 their date of arrival and departure. — N.F.T. 



THE BRITISH WILLOW-TIT IN SUFFOLK. 



On October 17th, 1910, I shot an example of the British 

 Willow-Tit (P. atricapillus kleinschmidti) in a hedge close to 

 the sea, near Lowestoft, Suffolk. This bird, which was with 

 some Great Tits was the only one of its kind seen, and I 

 believe it to have been a migrant, though how far it had 

 travelled it is impossible to say ; the nearest woods would 

 be two or three miles distant. So far as I know this is the 

 first time this bird has been recognised in Suffolk or in East 

 Anglia. I am indebted to Dr. Hartert for confirming my 

 identification. C. B. Ticehurst. 



