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have constantly visited the same part of the country both 

 in summer and winter, for many years past, have never 

 previously observed the species, though Avell acquainted 

 with it in Strathspey. The unmistakeable purring-notc, 

 something like that of the long-tailed species, would at once 

 have attracted attention. It would therefore seem as though 

 this hitherto very local bird had recently extended its range 

 to the north-west. W. R. Ogilvie-Geant. 



[With reference to the record in the Catalogue of the Eggs in 

 the Brit. Mus. (V., p. 304), to which I called Mr. Ogilvie- 

 Grant's attention at the November meeting of the British 

 Ornithologists' Club, I am not aware of any e\idence that 

 Hancock himself ever collected in Ross-shire, although 

 he took nests in Strathspey (see Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. 

 Birds, 3rd Ed., Vol. I., ]). 154). He accompanied St. John 

 to the Findhorn Valley in 1850, and made the acquaintance 

 of MacDonald, one of St. John's servants, who collected 

 eggs for him for many years after. The eggs in the British 

 Museum were almost certainly collected by MacDonald 

 for Hancock. But MacDonald, writing from Ross-shire on 

 April 4th, 1871, to Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown, distinctly states 

 that this species does not breed in East Ross or north of 

 Inverness (see Vert. Fauna Moray Basin, Vol. I., p. 256). 

 It shoi;ld. however, be remembered that Robert Gray {Birds 

 of the West of Scotland, p. 104) states that the breeding- 

 places of the Crested Tit *■" appear to be confined to the 

 counties of Moray, Ross and Inverness," but does not say 

 on what evidence the statement rests. He also mentions 

 instances of straggling Crested Tits being seen or shot in 

 various parts of Scotland, but these may have belonged to 

 other races, if genuine records. — F. C. R. Jourdain.] 



YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER SEEN IN KENT. 



On the 24th September, 1915, I put a small bird out of a bush 

 on Dungeness shingle, which looked as if it must be a Yellow- 

 browed Warbler [Phylloscopus superciliosus). It was almost 

 dusk at the time and I lost the bird without getting a very 

 good view of it, though I once heard a note, like the ordinary 

 Willow-Wren's note in general character, but sharper and 

 much shriller. 



Fortunately I found it again in the same bush the next 

 morning and obtained a much better view. When first it 

 flew out, almost from under my feet, the yellowish colour 

 of the rump attracted my attention, and in consequence 

 I wondered if it were really Ph. proregidus ; however, 



