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ago, and he does n,ot know where the specimen is or who 

 has it ; Nos. 5 and 6 I have been unable to trace ; Nos. 2 and 

 3 are the only ones I have examined, and the results are given 

 below. 



The Central European Crested Tit. 

 Parus crisiatus mitratus, Brehm. 

 Through the kindness of Mr. P. W. Munn, I have been able 

 to examine the specimen numbered 2 above. The history 

 of this specimen, now in Mr. Munn's possession, is quite 

 satisfactory, and it is the same as that mentioned by Bary 

 in the Zoologist for 1844 (p. 639), so Mr. Munn informs me. 

 The bird is an undoubted example of the Central-European 

 form, Parus cristatus mitratus. This race, which breeds 

 in central and western Europe south to the Pyrenees and 

 Alps, differs markedly from the Scottish form (P. c. scoticus) 

 and the Northern form (P. c. cristatus) by the baff-brown 

 coloration of the upper-parts, and by the crest and cheeks 

 being tinged with buff. 



The Northern Crested Tit. 

 Parus cristatus cristatus, L. 

 The specimen numbered 3 above is now in the Whitby 

 Museum, and it has been sent to me for examination by the 

 kindness of Mr. T. Newbitt, the curator. This bird is an 

 old and much-worn specimen, but I think there is no doubt 

 that it is an example of the Northern race Parus c. cristatus. 

 This form breeds in Scandinavia, northern Russia, Poland, 

 and eastern Germany. The upper-parts are brown with a 

 greyish tinge, and the cheeks are white. The Scottish form 

 is nearest to it, but is smaller and is darker on the upper- 

 parts. In this specimen the wing, though much worn, 

 measures 64 mm., the upper-parts are as grey-brown as any 

 Scandinavian specimen, and there is but a mere tinge of 

 buff on the flanks. H. F. Withers y. 



GREY WAGTAILS BREEDING IN SURREY. 



With reference to Mr. Bunyard's interesting note on this 

 subject in the June issue (p. 24), I may mention that a pair 

 of Grey Wagtails {Motacilla melanope) nested in a certain 

 locality in south-east Surrey in 1906, and have done so at 

 the same place in each succeeding 3^ear, including the present. 



I was told, by a competent observer, of a nest at Elstead 

 in 1908, and have several subsequent records of the occurrence 

 of the species in that neighbourhood in the nesting season. 



During 1909-10-11, I have observed Grey Wagtails in 

 several other localities in south-east Surrev, at dates which 



