98 BRITISH HIRDS. [vol. ix. 



CURLEW AND COMMON SNIPE NESTING IN 

 SUSSEX. 



It may be of interest to note that a pair of CAirlews {Niimeiiins 

 a. anjiiata) nested on a heath in Sussex in 1912. I saw the 

 eggs when fresh laid. 



I have found the Coniinon Snipe ((laUhimjo (j. (jallinago) 

 nesting near East Grinstead during the last four seasons 



C. W. COLTHRUP. 



[We believe that the Curlew has not previously been proved 

 to breed in Sussex, though it has been recorded as nesting 



ill Surrey. — Ed.s.] 



CASPIAN TERNS IN KENT. 



A FINE pair of Caspian Terns {St"rua t-'^ch-'grava) was shot 

 at Jury's Gap, Kent, on August 4th. 1915. I saw them in 

 the fle.sh the next day. Mv previous record was in 1913 for 

 Sussex {B.B., Vol. VII., p. 59). H. W. Eord-Linds.w. 



[This is apparently the first definite record for Kent, as 

 Dr. N. F. Ticehurst, in his Hisiory of the Birds of Kent, p. 494, 

 inchides it in brackets, all previous notices being erroneous 

 or dubious. — Ens. | 



SOOTY TERNS IN KKNT. 



A male Sooty Tern (Sterna fnsca'a) was shot at Jury's Gap, 

 Lydd, Kent, on April 9l:h, 1914, and I examined it in the 

 flesh on April 11th. A female was al.so got at the same place 

 on April 10th, 1914. and was examined in the flesh by Messrs. 

 W. Ruskin Butterfield and H. W. Ford-Lindsay. These are 

 the seventh and eighth recorded British specimens, and the 

 first definite records for Kent. J. B. Nichols. 



Irlsh Names of Birds. — Mr. R. F. ScharfT contributes 

 to the Irish Naturalist (1915. pj). 109-129) a li.st of Irish 

 names of birds foiuid in Ireland. 



Rare Biros in Shetland. — Mr. S. l^ruce notes {Scot. Xat.. 

 1915) the following as having occurred in 1914 at or near 

 Lerwick: — A Grey-headed \Vagtail (MotariUa f. thunhrrgi) 

 procured on September K>th : a Great Tit. ]iic)l)ably Pants m. 

 major, on Oct. 25th, and three on tlie 29th (six or .seven in 

 all were seen) (p. 115) : a Barred Warbler (Sylria n. nisoria) 

 on June I4th (p. 143), is esi)ecially noteworthy as it has 

 seldom been observed in the British Islands on spring pa.ssage : 

 a Sparrow-Hawk (Accipitcr n. v.isus) was shot on Nov. 15th, 



