188 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Black-headed Gull {Larus ridihundus). — (Rossitten No. 

 5819), marked in Schleswig on June 25th, 1911, was 

 recovered at Breydon, Norfolk, on October 27th, 1911. 

 Reported to us by Dr. C. B. Ticehurst. 



ICTERINE WARBLER IN NORFOLK. 



A FEMALE Icterine Warbler {Hypolais icterina) was shot at 

 Wells, Norfolk, on September 13th, 1911. During the night 

 of September 12-13 there had been a good deal of cloud and 

 some rain, with a north-westerly wind varying in force. The 

 migration was not a large one and consisted, so far as I could 

 see, of Wheatears, Redstarts, and a few White throats. 



Mr. Pashley had sent me a wire from Cley on the previous 

 day, September 12th, " Redstarts, Flycatchers on the move," 

 and I had seen a Wheatear, a Whitethroat, and a cock Snow- 

 Bunting in the middle of the day, along the coast at Wells. 



Frank Penrose. 



SUPPOSED REED-WARBLER IN MERIONETH. 



The recorded occurrences of the Reed- Warbler [Acrocephalus 

 streperus) in North Wales are so few and scattered, that the 

 following is worth noting. One day in August, 1911, Mr. H. G. 

 Attlee heard the song of the Reed- Warbler issuing from a bed 

 of reeds at Llanvihangel-y-traethau, near Harlech. He heard 

 it only once, and for a short while, but it was at a distance of 

 only a few yards. He is familiar with the songs of the Reed- 

 and Sedge- Warblers, and has no doubt, in his own mind, that 

 it was the former. He has studied the bird-life of that district 

 for several years, but never came across the Reed- Warbler 

 before. The bird may have been only a passing migrant, 

 but there are plenty of reeds suitable for nesting just there, 

 (c/. Vert. Fauna of N. Wales, p. 96 — occurrence at Barmouth). 



H. E. Forrest. 



LATE NESTING OF THE GREAT TIT. 



On October 14th, 1911, I happened to be going round my 

 garden at Duddington, Edinburgh, with my dog, when it 

 suddenly made a jump at a shrub. There immediately 

 tumbled out two Great Tits {Parns major), newly out of the 

 nest, and unable to fly. One fluttered along the lawn and 

 got safely into the root of a j^ew tree, and the other I rescued 

 from the dog. The parent birds flew excitedly from branch 

 to branch overhead. William Serle. 



