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ON THE MORE IMPORTANT ADDITIONS TO OUR 

 KNOWLEDGE OF BRITISH BIRDS SINCE 1899. 



BY 



H. F. WITHERBY and N". F. TICEHURST. 

 Part III. 



(Continued from page 85.) 



ALPINE ACCENTOR Accento)- coUaris (Scop.). S. page 95. 



Hampshire. — One shot by W. Huniby in 1885 at Cliristchurch 

 is ill the Hart Collection ( Birds of Hants, p. 34) . 



Surrey. — One in the Charterhouse Collection is said to have 

 been killed whilst hopping about a heap of stones on the road- 

 side at Milford in the winter of 1840 by a boy, and Mr. Bucknill 

 sees no reason to doubt its authenticity (Birds of Stirretj, p. 830). 



Norfolk. — One seen and carefully observed with glasses for 

 some time at very close range by A. H. Patterson on Gorleston 

 pier, September 21st, 1894 (A. H. Patterson, .^ooL, 1900, p. 400). 



The above occurrences of this exceptional visitor are not noted 

 by Mr. Saunders. 



Cornwall. — An adult male was shot at Looe on November 

 nth, 1906 (J. Clark, Zool., 1907, p. 283). 



BEARDED TITMOUSE Panurus hiarmicus (L.) S. page 99. 



Norfolk. — In a valuable article on this species Mr. J. H. 

 Gurney estimates that the total number of nests in the Broads 

 had decreased gradually from 200 in 1838 to 33 in 1898 (Zool, 

 1900, p. 358). We have good reason to believe that since that 

 date the birds have increased in number. 



Rutland. — Two males shot at Burley Ponds, January 18th, 

 1905. The first records for the county (C. R. Haines, Birds 

 of Rutland, 1^. 27). 



Surrey. — Mr. Gr. Dalgleish informed Mr. Bucknill that he 

 saw a party of five at Milford, near Godalming, and was con- 

 fident of their identity (J. A. Bucknill, Zool., 1902, p. 226). 



Hertfordshire.— One seen at the end of January, 1905, by 

 an observer well acquainted with the species in a reed-bed in 

 the western part of the county. Only three previous records — 



