VOL. IX ] NOTES. 155 



NUTHATCH IX CARNARVONSHIRE. 



As there appears to be but one record of the Nuthatch {SHta 

 e. hrilannica) occurring in ^\•e.st Carnarvonshire, it may be 

 worth noting that I heard one calling for several minutes 

 in Glynllifon Park, on September 5th, 1915, not far from 

 the place where I heard one in August, 1914, near the village 

 of Llandwrog. This locality, so far as I know, is the most 

 westerly-recorded for the appearance of this bird in North 

 Wales, as hitherto, for some unkno\\n reason, it has not been 

 found to frequent any part of the Lleyn peninsula. 



S. G. CUMMINGS. 



BROWN-BACKED WARBLER IN SUSSEX. 

 An example of the Brown-backed Warbler {Agrohates g. 

 syriacus) was shot at Westfield, Sussex, on May 7th, 1915. 

 I examined it in the flesh the same day and found it to be 

 a male. H. W. Ford-Lindsay. 



[By request of Mr. Ford-Lindsay and Mr. J. B. Nichols, 

 in whose collection the bird is, I examined and compared 

 this bird and found it to be of the form above stated. The 

 differences of the three forms of Agrohates galactotes are 

 stated in Vol. IV., p. 310.— H.F.W.] 



PROBABLE EASTERN BLACK-EARED WHEATEAR 

 IN LANCASHIRE. 



Mr. Herbert Massey informs me that on March 29th, 1915, 

 he saw a Wheatear close to Burnage, near Didsbury, Lanca- 

 shire, which at first sight gave the impression of being black 

 and white. It allowed him to get within about twenty yards, 

 but was very restless, although it never flew^ very far away 

 when followed up. The bird was in company with some 

 Common or Greenland Wheatears. The following notes 

 were made by Mr. Massey in his diary at the time. Crown, 

 back and breast pure white ; wings black ; tail black and 

 white ; throat black ; legs black. There was no yellowish 

 tinge on the back or crown and the white appeared to be very 

 pure in colour. The description agrees exactly with that of 

 the bird seen by Mr. W. S. Medlicott on the Cleveland Hills 

 in June, and there is, I think, little doubt that it was also an 

 example of the Eastern Black-eared Wheatear {(Enanihe 

 h. xanihomelcena). F. C. R. Jourdain. 



NIGHTJAR DOUBLE-BROODED. 

 As affording clear proof that the Nightjar {Caprirmdgus 

 e. europceus) will rear two broods in a season in a wild state, 



