256 BRITISH BIRDS. 



nine times in England, once in Ireland, and never before in 

 Scotland. 



WHITE- WINGED LARK Alauda sibirica Gm. S. page 257. 



Kent. — A male was shot on 27th January, and a female 

 on 28th January, 1902 and another individual was seen at 

 Woodchurch (N. F. Ticehurst, Bull. B.O.C., XII., p. 50). 

 The third individual alluded to above was shot at the same 

 place on 22nd March, 1902, and was a male changing into 

 summer plumage {t.c, XIII., p. 15). This eastern species 

 has only once previously been recorded in this country, viz., 

 near Brighton, Sussex, on 22nd November, 1869. 



SHORE-LARK Otocorys alpestris (L.). S. page 259. 



Howard Saunders sa^^s : " Autumnal arrivals on the coast 

 of Yorkshire are almost annual." Mr. Nelson {B. of Yorks., 

 p. 259) states that it is now of annual occurrence at the 

 mouth of the Tees ; and its occurrence on the Lincoln 

 and Norfolk coasts would appear also to be now almost annual 

 (c/. ZooL, 1898, p. 115; 1900, pp. 101, 408; 1902, p. 112; 

 1903, pp. 122, 361 ; 1907, p. 136). 



Cheshire. — A bird watched at close quarters on 19th 

 December, 1905, at Hilbre Island, was identified from a sketch 

 made at the time (T. A. Coward, ZooL, 1906, p. 72). 



Fair Isle (Shetlands).— A small number arrived at the 

 end of October, and stayed till mid-December, 1906. 



The Shore-Lark seldom visits the west of England, and had 

 not before been recorded in Shetland. 



{To be conlinued.) 



