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Mr. Berry states that on May IGth, 1910, he came across 

 the Crested Tit in the locality in Nairnshire mentioned by 

 Mr. Blackwood and also in another locality further east ; 

 that he knows of them in two distinct localities in the lower 

 reaches of the Findliorn Valley, one he discovered on May 24th, 

 1910, and the other in September 1915. 



Again, in north-east Inverness-shire, Mr. Berry observed 

 the bird on September 14th, 1907, and some miles away from 

 this spot he saw them again in September 1911, and has seen 

 them several times since. 



Further, in east Ross-shire he first discovered the species 

 in October 1910 and saw the birds again in the same place 

 on May 12th, 1911, and several times subsequently. On April 

 5th and May 11th, 1912, he saw them in another locality in 

 east Ross, several miles distant froin the first, and here 

 he has observed young scarcely able to fly. On June 16th, 

 1912, he saw^ Crested Tits some fifteen miles from the 

 last locality, making in all three places in east Ross-shire. 

 One of these localities Mr. Berry thinks was the same as that 

 recorded by Mr. Grant. 



From Mr. Berrj^'s extremely interesting observations it is 

 evident that the westward extension of range of the Scottish 

 Crested Tit is not so recent as the two former records made 

 it appear, if indeed it is recent at all. 



Red-breasted Flycatcher and SnoRE-IiARKS in Orkney. 

 — Mr. J. Bain records {jScot. Nat. 1916, p. 23) from Swona, 

 Orkney, a Muscicapa p. parvn, on October 7th, 1915, and 

 two Eremophila a. [Java on the 16th. 



Yellow-browed Warblers in Orkney and Shetland. 

 — Mr. J. Bain records [Scot. Nat. 1916, p. 23) the presence of a 

 Phylloscopus S'uperciliosus on Swona, Orkney, on October 

 6th, 1915. Mr. J. G. Thomson {t.c, p. 24) obtained one on 

 October 8th and saw two others on the 9th at Pentland 

 Skerries, and Mr. G. W. Russell records {I.e.) that one was 

 procured at Lerwick, Shetland, on October ISth. 



IcTERiNE Warbler and Tree-Pipits in Ireland. — 

 Professor C. J. Patten contributes to the Zoologist (1916, 

 jip. 41-53) a lengthy account concerning the occurrence of an 

 Icterine Warbler at the Tuskar Rock on Sei^tember 2nd, 1914 

 {cf. British Birds, VIII., p. 271). In the course of these 

 remarks we note that Professor Patten states (p. 51) that 

 Mr. Glanville, the light-keeper at the Tuskar, has sent him 

 " evidence " to show that the Tree-Pipit has occurred there 

 annually since 1912. when Prof. Patten first discovered it 

 there. No further details are given, but we may note that 



