190 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. x. 



LITTLE AUK IN WILTSHIRE. 

 A Little Auk {Alle alle), which had evidently been killed 

 against a wire fence, was picked up by a beater at Lower 

 Woodford on December 1st, 1916, and was sent to me for 

 identification by Mr. C. W. Gater of Winterbourne Dauntsey. 

 There are six previous records for the county. 



G. Bathurst Hony. 



COMMON PARTRIDGE PERCHING ON A WALL. 



Instances of Common Partridges {Perdix p. loerdix) perching 

 on walls are not usually found reported, so it may be of 

 interest to note that I saw one sunning itself in such a position 

 on the morning of October 19th, 1916, in north Staffordshire, 

 the remainder of the covey basking amongst the grass 

 beneath. 



Of course Red Grouse and Pheasants are frequently seen 

 on walls, and so are Black Grouse. On the other hand, 

 Partridges occasionally are seen in trees, and I have seen 

 Red Grouse resting amongst the branches of scotch firs. 



T. Smith. 



Reu-breasted Flycatcher and Black Redstart in 

 Orkney. — Mr. J. Bain records {Scot. Nat., 1916, p. 293) 

 the occurrence on Swona of a Muscicapa p. parva on Sep- 

 tember 29th, 1916, which, curiously enough, was sitting on 

 the same ledge of rock as a bird of the same species which he 

 recorded in 1915 (c/. Brit. B., Vol. IX., p. 303). Mr. Bain 

 also notes the presence of a Phoenicurus o. gibraltariensis, 

 but does not give any date. 



Pied Wheatear in Orkney. — Mr. John Bain makes the 

 interesting announcement {Scot. Nat., 1916, p. 293) that he 

 obtained a female (Enanthe p. pleschanka on November 1st, 

 1916, on the island of Swona. This is only the second recorded 

 British occurrence, the first being at the Isle of May on 

 October 19th, 1909. Mr. W. Eagle Clarke follows {loc. cit.) 

 with a description of the first winter female, in which state 

 of plumage this example was obtained. 



Nightjar in Lewis, Outer Hebrides. — Mr. D. Mackenzie 

 states {Scot. Nat., 1916, p. 288) that he received an example 

 of Caprimulgus e. eurojKeus on July 18th, 1916, from Bragar, 

 Barvas. There are only two previous recorded occurrences 

 of the bird for the Outer Hebrides. 



Hoopoe in Ayrshire. — Mr. C. Kirk states {Scot. Nat., 

 1916, p. 294), that a female Upujya e. epops was obtained at 



