ADDITIONS SINCE 1899. 149 



appears to be an extremely rare visitor to Cornwall (c/. Zool., 1907, 

 p. 283), Devon and Somerset (cf. ZooL, 1900, p. 237), and how the 

 Welsh birds reach their breeding-quarters is as yet unknown. 



RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa parva Bechst. 

 S. page 161. 



Norfolk. — In 1900 one was sliot at Wells and is in the 

 collection of Mr. P. C. Musters ; on September 22nd, 1904, one 

 is recorded by "Richards" (J. H. Gurney, ZooL, 1905, p. 97). 

 Another was identified by Mr. E. C. Arnold " near the sea " on 

 September 20th, 1905 {id.J.c, 1906, p. 133); two young birds 

 were obtained on September 18th, and one on September 20th, 

 1906 {id., Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1907, p. 51 ; Zool, 1907, p. 135). 



Nine examples have now been recorded for Norfolk. 



Yorkshire. — A male was reported as seen near Hull on 

 May 20th, 1907 (B. Haworth-Booth, Field, 1907, May 25th), 

 and a pair was described as frequenting a hedge near Beverley 

 on June 4th, 1907 (H. R. Jackson, Nat., 1907, p. 291). 



Cheshire. — A male observed during six days at the end of 

 June, 1903, at Paynton, Cheshire (E. Tristram, Field, 18, vii., 

 1903). 



May and June are unusual months for this bird's occurrence. 



Fair Isle (Shetlands). — Several were seen and two shot, 

 September 20th and 21st, 1906 (W. E. Clarke and N. B. 

 Kinnear, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1906, p. 236), and one was 

 obtained on October 4th, 1906 (t.c, 1907, p. 51). 



The Red-breasted Flycatcher had only once previously been 

 recorded from any part of Scotland. 



[Channel Islands. — At the meeting of the British Ornitho- 

 logists' Club held on June 18th, 1902, Mr. E. Bidwell read a 

 letter from Mr. R. VV". Llewellyn, of Britonferry, describing a 

 visit to the Casquets Lighthouse, Alderney, on May 14th, 1902. 

 Early on that morning a great rush of birds had taken place, 

 and two or three hundred dead ones had been picked up in the 

 gallery outside the lantern. Mr. Llewellyn considered, from 

 Seebohm's description and the plate in Lilford's "' Birds of the 

 British Islands, " that they were all Red-breasted Flycatchers. 

 Considerable doubt was thrown on the identification, and as 

 through an unfortunate accident none of these birds was 

 preserved, the value of the record must ever remain doubtful 

 (Vide Bvll. B.O.C., XIL, p. 83; Ibis, 1902, p. 673; 1903, 

 p. 265).] 



MARTIN Chelidon urhica (L.). S. page 165. 



A clutch of eggs, all of which were marked with small red 

 spots, was found on June 29th, 1907, near Newbury (Hy. S., 

 Field, 20, VII., 1907). 



