318 BlirnSH BIRDS. 



shot in that island bearing a Rossitten ring 6888 or 8889, 

 according to which way up it was read. Mr. Atkinson appears 

 also to have communicated this information to the English 

 Press, while Professor Thienemann has also heard from 

 Mr. L. X. Bowen to the same effect. Professor Thienemann 

 informs me that the number must he 6888. since that is the 

 highest he has yet issued, and that this ring was put on 

 a young Black-headed Gull at Rossitten on the same dav 

 as No. 6839, recorded above, viz. July 18th, 1911. Flores, 

 where our Yorkshire bird was got, is nearly half-way across 

 the Atlantic, and bearing this in mind there seems no reason 

 to doubt that the Rossitten bird i-eached the West Indies 

 by natural means, though seemingly it was an accidental 

 occurrence, and the bird may have been tempted far out of 

 its normal course by following a ship. — H.F.W. 



Rare Birds at the Isle of May in 1911. — Miss E. V. 

 Baxter and Miss L. J. Rintoul, to whose good work we have 

 frequently referred, paid two visits to the Isle of May in 1911, 

 \4z. from April 27th to May 29th. and from September 8th 

 to about October 6th. From their ]niblished results {Scot. 

 Nat., 1912, pp. 53-58) which are given in a most inconvenient 

 narrative form, we extract the following interestins; records : 



Black Redstart {Buticilla titys). — One, May 11th. 



Continental Redbreast {Erithacus ruhecula ruhecula). — 

 One, April 30th, the only Robin seen during the spring visit, 

 while only British ones were seen in the autumn. 



Lesser Whitethroat {Syhia rurnica). ^-Seversil, May 9th 

 and May 15th. 



Blackcap (Sylvia atricapiUa). — A pair on November 15th. 



Barred Warbler {Sylvia nisoria). — One, September lOlh. 



Continental Goldcrest {Regulus cristatus cristatus). — 

 One, September 29th. Numbers of Goldcrests wera seen 

 during September, but all those procured except this one were 

 of the British form, as were all those taken in the sprirg. 



Northern Willow- Warbler {Phylloscopus trochilus 

 cversmanni). — One, October 6th. 



British Hedge-Sparrow {Accentor modu'aris occidentalis). 

 — Some on September 30th. and a few on OctoVer 20th. 



[I may here note that the British Hedge-Sparrow is a regular 

 autumn-migrant on the south Yorkshire coast. — H.F.W.] 



Red-backed Shrike {Lanius collurio). — A pair, May 11th. 



Mealy Redpoll {Linota linaria). — One May 13th, one 

 May 14th, two May 15th, and one May 29th. 



Lapland Bunting {Calcarius lapponicus). — One September 

 28th, and one October 12th. 



