284 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vii. 



Additional Breeding Species. 



There are not many new breeding-records for the county, 

 but those recorded are of some mterest. The nesting of the 

 Marsh- Warbler has been mentioned above. 



Tree-Sparrow {Passer m. montanus). — A nest with two 

 €ggs on May Uth, 1890 {M.C.N.H., 1890). 



Blue-headed Wagtail [Motacilla f. flava). — ^A full 

 account of its breeding at Marlborough m 1907 was given 

 in British Birds, I., p. 89. It nested again m the same 

 place in 1909 {M.C.N.H., 1909). 



Dipper [Cincltis c. hritannicus). — Vide antea, p. 230. 



[Pied Flycatcher [Muscicapa hypoleuca). — ^Dr. Hammond 

 Hinton tells me that he took two eggs out of a clutch of 

 six at Warminster in 1884. The nest was built in a hole iii 

 a foreign poplar.] 



[Common Sandpiper {Tringa htjpoleuca). — Mr. G. Dent 

 AATites : " Probably breeds on the Kemiet (near Marlborough) ; 

 it is seen every spring, and this year (1912) my brother saw 

 the old birds with young only just able to fl3^"] 



Redshank {Trmga totanus). — Nested at Do^vaiton, 1907 

 {W.A.dh N.H., XXXV., p. 150). 



Additional Records of Rarer Visitors. 



We now come to the records of rare visitors since (or 

 unknown to the author of) the Birds of Wiltshire. 



Golden Oriole [Oriohis o. oriolus). — ^Dr, Hinton writes that 

 it " has been seen in Great Ridge Wood near Hindon more 

 than once " ; while Mr. Talbot described to me a pair of 

 birds seen at Lacock Abbey in May, 1913, A\hich nmst have 

 been the present species. 



Lesser Redpoll {Carduelis I. cabaret). — Three breeding- 

 records have been published {M.C.N. H. 1905; Brit. B., 

 III., p. 161 ; Field, June 15th, 1912), and Dr. Hinton tells 

 me that he took eggs near Warminster, '' ^v}\en I was a boy"' 

 (about 1885). 



Crossbill {Loxia c. curvirostra). — One shot at Rockley 

 on Dec. 7th, 1889 {M.C.N.H.), and another at Bowden Hill 

 in Jan., 1904. Small flock seen at Littlecote in Dec, 1909, 

 {Brit. B., III., p. 305), and a flock of t\\-enty was seen in 

 Savernake Forest in March, 1910 {3I.C.N.H.).^ 



Snow-Bunting {Plectrophenax nivalis). — Mr. Rawlence teUs 

 me of two shot at Bishops Down about 1908 ; the " fine 



