192 BRITISH BIRDS. 



In Suffolk. 



With reference to the migration of Nutcrackers, I may 

 record that a female was shot on November 11th, 1911, in 

 the parish of Beyton, near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, and 

 brought to me soon afterwards. It is one of the slender- 

 billed form ; the man who shot it had seen it about for a 

 week or more, and noticed its resemblance to a Jackdaw. 



Julian G. Tuck. 



On the Continent. 



In the pages of our contemporary, the Ornithologische Monats- 

 berichte, for 1911, pp. 169 and 185, numerous records of the 

 appearance of the Siberian or Slender-billed race of the 

 Nutcracker {Nucifraga caryocatactes macrorhynchus Brehm) 

 in Germany and Upper Austria have recently been published. 



The first notice is from F. Tischler, who shot one on Sep- 

 tember 10th at Losgehnen near Biirtenstein (East Prussia). 

 On September 17th another was obtained about ten kilometres 

 north of Liibeck by W. Blohm. Two specimens (identified 

 as belonging to the thin-billed race) were obtained from a 

 smaU flock seen in the SibyUenort Revier, Silesia, by E. Speer, 

 on September 22nd, while two more were shot in the 

 Poggenpohl preserve near Liibeck on the following day 

 (P. Waack). Dr. E. Hesse wTites that on September 24th, 

 he met with a single bird near Kuhhorst in Havelliind (Branden- 

 burg). Another was seen on September 26th about ten 

 kilometres south of MoUn i. Lbg., and R. Heyder observed 

 one on October 1st, in an orchard ten kilometres north of 

 Chemnitz (Saxony), while Dr. R. Biedermann-Imhoof saw 

 one fly overhead on October 6th at Eutin (north of Liibeck). 

 Ritter von Tschusi zu Schmidhoffen also reports a strong 

 immigration of Slender-biUed Nutcrackers into Upper Austria, 

 but gives no details as yet. 



It is too early to draw anj^ conclusions as to the extent of 

 the movement, Avhich seems, however, to be proceeding on 

 a wide base. In all the cases where specimens have been 

 examined, they have proved to belong to the Siberian race. 



F. C. R. JOURDAIN. 



JAYS IN LONDON. 



On October 3rd, 1911, I observed two Jays {Garrulus glan- 

 darius), apparently about to alight upon a tall factory- chimney 

 between New Cross and Bermondsey, at a spot about three 

 miles from the centre of London. 



