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Turning now to interesting items which may be parti- 

 cularized, we have the first Blackcap {S. atricapilla) recorded 

 from Lancashire on March 12th, the second from Northumber- 

 land on March 15th, and the third from Hampshire on March 

 17th, and the next not until April 2nd. It seems clear that 

 these three early individuals had wintered not far away. 

 A Chiffchaff, another bird which occasionally winters here 

 (c/. Vol. II., p. 247 ; Vol. IV., p. 30), was observed in Cornwall 

 on February 3rd, and these winter Chiffchaffs, as suggested 

 above on page 30, may possibly be P. tristis. A Common 

 Sandpiper {T. hypoleucus) in Lancashire on March 21st may 

 also refer to a bird which had wintered in our islands. 

 Fieldfares {T. pilaris) are recorded up to May 19th in 

 Cumberland and Cheshire, and to May 23rd (in flocks) in 

 Northamptonshire. Reed- Warblers (^4. streperus) were seen 

 in Buckinghamshire on April 5th — an early date. A Wryneck 

 (/. torquilla) is recorded from Durham on May 13th and one 

 from Cornwall on May 9th. Cuckoos (C. canorus) are recorded 

 in March from Sussex on the 27th, in Cornwall on the 29th, 

 in Surrey and Yorkshire on the 31st. The Land-Rail 

 (C. pratensis) was again very scarce in the south-eastern 

 counties. A Bluethroat (C. suecica) is recorded from the 

 Shipwash Light-vessel (Suffolk) on the night of March 22nd. 

 Black Redstarts {R. titys) were seen in Kent on April 15th, 

 and in Yorkshire on the 24th. A Great Grey Shrike [L. 

 excubitor) was seen at Monachty (Cardigan) on May 8th, 

 and a Golden Oriole {0. galhula) at Penrhyndeudraeth 

 (Merioneth) on May 8th. A good many Honey-Buzzards 

 (P. apivorus) are recorded for September and October, 1908, 

 Two Garganeys [Q. circia) were seen near the Land's End on 

 May 5th. Two Scoters {CE. nigra) were seen at Northwood 

 (Middlesex) on April 24th. A Grey Phalarope {P . fulicarius) 

 was killed and " many " were seen at the Smalls Light 

 (Pembrokeshire) on the night of October 23rd, 1908. 



H.F.W. 



