OTES 



FIRE-CRESTED WREN IN NORFOLK. 

 On August 4th, 1915, I saw a Fire-crested Wren {Begulu-s 

 ignicapillus) in some fir- woods near West Runton, Norfolk. 



The bird was rather larger than the Goldcrest, which is 

 very abundant in the Runton woods. In appearance it 

 was very similar to cristatus, but the crest was of a rich 

 orange colour bounded on each side by a black streak. A 

 black line passed through the eye ; another ran from the 

 nape to the beak ; and lietween each black streak there was 

 •a white mark. The general colour above was olive-green, 

 as in the Golden-crested Wren, and the under-parts were 

 greyish-white. 



I had a good opportunity of observing the bird, as it perched 

 on a twig and alloAved me to approach quite near to it without 

 taking flight. R. Craven Sykes. 



WESTERN BLACK-THROATED WHEATEAR 



IN SUSSEX. 

 A very fine example of the Black-throated Wheatear 

 {(Enanthe h. hisfmiica) was shot at St. Leonards, Sussex, on 

 October 30th, 1915. I examined it on the following day 

 Avhilst still in the flesh and found it a male of the Western 

 form. The breast and back were of a yellowish rusty colour, 

 and there was no frontal band of black. 



H. W. Ford-Lindsay. 



BLACK REDSTART IN MERIONETH. 

 I RECENTLY received for identification from Mr. F. C. Rawlings 

 of Barmouth the skin of a bird shot near that place on 

 December 13th, 1915. It proved to be a female Black 

 Redstart {Phcenicurus o. gibraUariensis). Since the publica- 

 tion of my Vert. Fauna of North Wales I have obtained two 

 other records of this species on the Merioneth coast, three 

 off Anglesey, and several observed by Mr. R. W. Jones in 

 the neighbourhood of Llandudno. The earliest date of 

 occurrence was August 23rd, and the latest March 24th. 



H. E. Forrest. 



.SWALLOW IN HERTFORDSHIRE IN NOVEMBER. 

 It may be worth recording that on November 20th, 1915, 

 a brilliantly sunny day, I watched a Swallow {Chelidon 

 r. rustica) ' playing round St. Alban's Abbey, between 1 

 and 2.30 in the afternoon. E. L. Turner. 



