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did not arrive until June, while in some places Sedge- Warblers 

 had not reached their breeding-haunts by the 13th of May." 



Amongst items of interest not hitherto recorded in our 

 pages, we may note the following : Two Ring-Ouzels [Turdus 

 torquatus) in south Devon in February, 1910. Chiff chaffs 

 were again reported as seen all through the winter in 

 Cornwatl. A Wryneck {lynx torquilla) in Cornwall on March 

 26th (an early date, but we see no good reason for the 

 suggestion that it might have wintered there, especially as 

 a single bird was recorded for Hampshire on March 14th), 

 and another on Lundy Island on the night of May 9- 10th. 

 The Land-Rail {Crex 'pratensis) was again practically un- 

 recorded from the south-eastern counties. Shore-Larks 

 {OtoGorys alpestris) were first noticed in S.E. Suffolk on 

 November 11th, 1909, and were still present there on 

 April 13th, 1910 (they have been noted as late as April 

 22nd). A young male Aquatic Warbler {Acrocepkalus 

 aquaticus) Avas taken at St. Catherine's Lighthouse, Isle of 

 Wight, on the night of September 17-18th, 1909, this being 

 the second example recorded from that place {cf. Vol. I., 

 J). 85). A male Firecrest {Regulus ignicapillus) was taken 

 at the same Light at midnight, on October 17th, 1909. 

 A single Gadwall {Anas strepera) is recorded from Hazel- 

 beach, Northamptonshire, on July 27th, 1909. Continental 

 Song-Thrushe«^ {Turdus m. musicus) are recorded from the 

 Dorset and Isle of Wight Lights during the first ten days of 

 A^Dril, 1910, with British Song-Thrushes, and between 

 September 18th and 30th, 1909, on the Yorkshire coast, 

 September 28th at the Isle of May, and September 22nd 

 and 23rd on the north Norfolk coast. A Continental Robin 

 {Erithacus r. rubecula) is recorded at St. Catherine's on April 

 8th, 1910, others from the Yorkshire coast from September 

 17th to October 8th, 1909, and at St. Catherine's on 

 December 11th Continental Goldcrests {Regulus c. cristatus) 

 are noted on the Yorkshire coast between October 19th and 

 November 2nd, 1909. (With these records cf. Vol. IV., 

 pp. 245-6.) 



The determination of the Committee to carry on the inquiry 

 for at least ten years (p. 9), will be applauded by all those who 

 have studied migration in the field. It soon becomes evident 

 to the observer that, however careful and painstaking he may 

 be, he can only see a fraction of what is really going on, and 

 for that fraction he is dependent on many varying natural 

 conditions. Thus only a series of observations over a number 

 of years can bring any true results. H.FAV. 



