184 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. ix. 



an examination of some specimens kindly lent me 1\\" 

 Mr. Witheiby convinces me that this is not the case. The 

 eye-stripe was not verj^ conspicuous, and the only time the 

 bird gave me a good view of its wing the side-feather.< 

 covered most of the coverts, so that I did not see much of 

 the wing-bars ; but both these features, so far as I saw them, 

 are in agreement with one or tMO of the specimens examined. 

 The short tail and reguloid appearance A\ere marked as the 

 bird flew, but when settled it looked just like a small Willow- 

 Wren. I heard the note again three or four times. The 

 bird became rather difhcult of access after I had put it up 

 two or three times, and I had to leave it in order to catch 

 the train. 



Dr. N. F. Ticehurst mentions one or more occa.sions when 

 this species has been observed in Kent, but no instance of 

 its being obtained is recorded. H. G. Alexaxdek. 



YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER IN SUFFOLK. 



On October 12th, 1915, I shot a YelloAv-browed Warbler 

 (Phylloscopvs .s. superciliosus) in a garden at Aldringham. 

 Suffolk, about a mile from the sea. This bird was in the 

 upper branches of a large willow-tree, and attracted me on 

 two occasions by its shrill single call-note, Avhich it uttered 

 repeatedly. In the Ann. Scot. Nat. (1910, -p. 4) the 

 Misses Rintoul and Baxter mention that a Yellow-browed 

 AVarbler was heard to utter a " loud ringing ' pee ' audible 

 a long way off." 



Though this species has pro})ably been overlooked, there 

 is onlv one previous record for Suffolk, one being observed by 

 the Rev. J. G. Tuck near Southwold on Se])temixn- 3rd. 1910. 



J. K. Stanford. 



NOTES ON A PAIR OF BLACK REDSTARTS IN 

 DORSETSHIRE. 



Although not altogether a rare bird, the Black Redstart 

 {Phcenicurus o. (jihraUariensis) is of sufficiently luiconnuon 

 occurrence in Dorsetshire to warrant a few remarks. 



For the sixth year in succession a pair of these birds have 

 sjicnt the late autumn and early spring at l^Iandford. 

 fiequenting the roof and walls of the ]iarish church A\hich. 

 being but a few yards from my house, affords me excellent 

 o])portunity for observation. 



They first made their appearance here — at least I first 

 noticed them — on October 19th. 1910. when the male bird 



