224 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Roermond on the eastern border of Holland; though there 

 it is rare, whereas in western and central Holland it is common. 

 We may hope that fm'ther information as to the range of this 

 bird on the Continent will be forthcoming, for it cannot be 

 confined to Holland ! H.F.W. 



BLACK REDSTART IN CARNARVONSHIRE. 



On November 23rd, 1911, I saw a Black Redstart [RuticiUa 

 titys) on the Great Orme's Head. The bird was a female and 

 very shy, resenting too close an approach, for so soon as it 

 saw that I was paying particular attention to it, it flew away 

 and I was not able to catch a second glimpse of it. 



In Vol. IV., p. 308, of this Magazine, I recorded the first 

 occurrence of this bird in Carnarvonshire, and I feel that the 

 visitation of a second individual, particularly when, as at 

 present, the number of records sieem to prove that the 

 species irregularly appears on the western seaboard, is worth 

 recording, R. W. Jones. 



A POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE OF THE SPROSSER 

 IN NORFOLK. 



In view of the rejection by Dr. Hartert and others of the 

 Sprosser obtained at Smeeth, Kent, on October 22nd, 1904, 

 and exhibited bv Mr. M. J. Nicoll at a meeting of the British 

 Ornithologists' Club {Bull. B.O.C., XV., p. 20; Saunders, 

 B.B., I., p. 8), I have thought it might be of interest to put on 

 record a specimen in m^- possession. 



In December, 1908, Mr. L. Cullingford of Durham, gave 

 me a supposed Savi's Warbler which he had found in an old 

 case that he was breaking up. He told ms that there was 

 a label on the back of the case, giving the following data : 

 " Savi's Warbler, Norwich, June 5th, 1845," together with 

 some other writing that had become illegible. L^nfortunately 

 he had destroyed the label, after making a copy of it, together 

 with the case, so that I did not see it. 



The specimen was in a ver}^ dilapidated condition, and its 

 appearance was quite in accordance with its supposed age, 

 but Mr. Cullingford succeeded in making a passable skin of it. 

 As I had then no acquaintance with Savi's Warbler, I accepted 

 Mr. Cullingford 's identification, and the skin lay in i cabinet 

 drawer until August, 1910, when Mr. ^I. J. Nicoll recognized 

 it as a Sprosser {Daulias pliilomela). On his visit to England 

 last summer, Mr. Nicoll brought Egjq^tian examples of both 

 Savi's Warbler and the Sprosser, and after careful comparison 

 I am quite satisfied that my bird belongs to the latter species. 



