28 BRITISH BIRDS. 



BLACK-THROATED DIVERS IN SUSSEX & SURREY. 

 A sPEcrviEN of a Black-throated Diver {Colymbus arcticus) 

 was picked up at Winchelsea, Sussex, on March 21st, 1911, 

 by a pupil of the University School, Hastings. The bird, 

 a female, was changing from winter to summer-plumage. 



Mr. Bristow of St. Leonards has the bird for preservation, 

 and afforded me an opportunity of examining it. 



H. W. Ford-Lindsay. 



On November 6th, 1909, a Black-throated Diver {Colymbus 

 arcticus) was found in an exhausted condition by the roadside 

 near Caterham Valley, and died shortly after capture. The 

 bird, which is now in my possession, was preserved by 

 Mr. Chas. Thorpe, of Croydon, who informs me that it is a 

 young male, probably in the second year. 



Howard Bentham. 



Siberian Chiffchaff in Shetland. — A specimen of 

 Phylloscopus r. tristis was obtained in Shetland on October 

 28th, 1910. and is reported by Mr. J. S. Tulloch [Ann. Scot. 

 Nat. Hist., 1911, p. 115). 



Northern Willow- Wren in Scotland. — A bird identified 

 by Dr. C. B. Ticehurst as a Northern Willow- Wren {Phyllo- 

 scopus t. eversmanni) is recorded by Miss Rintoul and Miss 

 Baxter [Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1911, p. 116) as having been 

 sent to them from the Isle of May Lighthouse in May, 1909. 



Nuthatch in Ireland. — In the Irish Naturalist (1911, 

 p. 95), Mr. W. J. Wilhams reports that on March 26th, 1911, 

 when standing in a garden at Malahide (co. Dubhn), he heard 

 a strange note and, having stalked up to within a few paces 

 of the bird, he had no difficulty in identifj'ing it with certainty 

 as a Nuthatch {Sitta ccesia). There is no previous authentic 

 case of the occurrence of the Nuthatch in Ireland, and as the 

 species is of such a " sedentary " nature, the presence of a 

 vagrant in Ireland is ver}^ remarkable. 



Siskins in Mull. — Mr. D. Macdonald reports {Ann. Scot, 

 Nat. Hist., 1911, p. 114) that he saw on November 2nd, 1910, 

 some twenty Siskins {Chrysomitris spinus) in Mull, where the 

 bird is rare. 



Hobby in Elgin. — The occurrence of a Hobby {Falco 

 subbuteo) in the " Moray " area is a rarity ; one is recorded 

 by Mr. J. Davidson {Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1911, p. 117) as 

 having been shot at the end of June, 1910, at Innes, Elgin. 

 The bird was stuffed when the writer saw it, but by the 

 measurement of the wing (10 inches) it appeared to be a 



