nOTES 



EAEE BIRDS IN SUSSEX, KENT, AND ESSEX. 



I HAVE been much interested in Mr. H. Saunders' and Messrs. 

 Witberby and Ticehurst's papers in British Birds on 

 "Additions since 1899 " to the British Bird List. I should like 

 to supplement them with the following records of rare birds in 

 my own collection. 



Black-eared Wheatear Saxicola caterime. 

 A male of this western form of the Black-eared Chat was 

 shot at Winchelsea on May 2nd, 1907, and sent to Mr. Bristow. 

 It was seen in the flesh by Mr. W. R. Butterfield, and is the 

 third specimen of this species recorded in this country. 



Cetti's Warbler Cettia cettii. 

 A female of this species, the second which has been obtained in 

 this country (cf. British Birds, p. 9), was shot at Whatlington, 

 Sussex, on September 1st, 1906, and sent to Mr. Bi-istow, of St. 

 Leonards, to set up. It was seen in the flesh by Mr. L. C. Edwards, 

 and is now in my collection. 



Blue-headed Wagtail Motacilla fiava flava. 

 A very fine old male of this species was shot at Winchelsea 

 on April I9th, 1905. 



Grey-headed Wagtail Motacilla flava horealis. 

 A male of this northern race was shot at Winchelsea, on May 

 29th, 1907. I saw it in the flesh at Mr. Bristow's and have it 

 now in my collection. 



WooDCHAT Shrike Lanius pomeraiucs. 

 I have also received a male of this species which was shot at 

 HadloAv, near Tonbridge, Kent, on July 4th, 1907. 



Nutcracker Nucifraga caryocatactes macrorhyncus. 



A fine male of the thick-billed (west European) form of the 

 Nutcracker was shot at Broadoak, Brede, Sussex, on February 

 12th, 1907. 



Hybrid Turtle Dove. 



I have also a cui-ious Turtle Dove, a female, which was sent 

 me in May last. It was shot with an ordinary male wild Turtle 

 Dove in the first week of May, 1907, at Stanway, near Colchester, 

 Essex. I believe it to be a hybrid between T. turtur and 

 T. risorius. I am informed that from June to August, 1906, 

 there was an African Turtle Dove, T. risorms, flying about with 

 common Turtle Doves at this place, and it disappeared with the 



