VOL. X.] NOTES. 145 



Proeablk Carrion-Crow off Co. Dublin. — Mr. C4. C. 

 May states {Irish KnI., 1916, p. 100) that he saw at Ireland's 

 Eye on June 15th, 1916, a bird which he took to be Corvus 

 coronc. Mr. May's description of the bird would do equally 

 well for a 3'oung Rook, but he particularly noted its harsh, 

 gutteral note. 



Supposed Red-backed Shrike in Ireland. — In the 

 Field (17. VI., '16, p. 970) Mr. W. J. E. Dawson states that he 

 discovered a pair of Lanius coUurio near Athlone about the 

 end of April, 1916. Mr. Dawson has kmdly sent us further 

 details of the birds he saw and we feel sure from what he says 

 that he was mistaken in his identification of these birds as 

 Red-backed Shrikes. 



Lesser Whitethroat breeding in Northumberland 

 AND Cumberland and probably in Kirkcudbrightshire 

 —Mr. 0. Bolam states {Scot. Nat., 1916, p. 264) that he dis- 

 covered this year (1916) at least three pairs of Si/Jria c. currura 

 breeding in nortli and south Tynedale. In two cases the 

 young were duly reared. Mr. Bolam also states that he 

 observed a Lesser Whitethroat from June 4th to Stli at 

 Kirkclaugh. This bird was in full song and although he did 

 not find a nest. Mr. Bolam considers the bird was breeding 

 there. 



Continental Redbreast in Fifeshire. — Miss E. V. 

 Baxter and Miss L. J. Rintoul record (Scot. Nat., 1916, p. 265) 

 the occurrence of an examj)le of Erithacus r. ruhecula at the 

 mouth of Cambo burn on April 24th, 1916. This form had 

 not previously been noted in the Tay area. 



Wryneck in Aberdeenshire. — Mr. A. L. Thomson 

 I'eccrds {Scot. Nat., 1916, p. 239) that a male Jynx t. tortjuiJla 

 was sent to the Aberdeen L^niversity in the middle of May 

 1916 from the district of Fraserburgh where it had apparently 

 been captured alive aboiit that time. 



Great Crested Grebes breeding in east Fifeshire. — 

 Although known for some time to breed in the western part 

 of Fifeshire Colymbtis c. cristatus has not hitherto been found 

 nesting in the east of that county. Miss E. V. Baxter and 

 Miss L. J. Rintoul, however, now make the interesting 

 announcement {Scot. Nat., 1916, p. 264) that this year, 

 (1916) they found two and possibly three pairs breeding on 

 Kilconquhar Loch. 



Black-tailed Godwits in Ireland. — In the course of 

 some '' Notes on Irish Birds " {ZooL, 1916, p. 351) the Rev. 

 J. M. McWilliam states that an example of Limosa. limosa 



