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Little Bustard in Sussex. — ^Mr. H. Wells records 

 {Field, 17.1.14, p. 139) that he has received for preserva- 

 tion a specimen of Otis tetrax, shot at Goring-by-Sea, on 

 January 12th, 1914. 



Rare migrants at Auskerry, Orkney. — Mr. W. Eagle 

 Clarke's discovery of the Dusky Warbler at Auskerry, one 

 of the most easterly of the Orkney Islands, has already 

 been referred to {supra, pp. 220-3). Mr. Clarke now {Scot. 

 Nat, 1914, PX3. 5-8) gives a remarkable list of other rare 

 and interesting migrants noted on the island in the autumn 

 of 1913. Of these the following are the most interesting :— 



Scarlet Grosbeak (Carpodacus e. erytlirinus). — No less than 

 nine are recorded, two Aug. 31st, one Sept. 4th, one 6th, two 14th, 

 one 15th, one 29th and one 30th. 



Little Bunting (Emberiza pusilla). — A female on Sept. 21st. 



Short-toed Lark {Calandrella b. brachydactyla).- — A male on 

 Oct. 1st. 



Red-throated Pipit {Anthus cervinus). — A young male on Oct. 1st. 



Tree-Pipit {A. t. trivialis). — Quite abmidant on passage between 

 Sept. 15th to 22nd. Only once or twice previously recorded in the 

 Orkneys as a vagrant. 



Pied Wagtail {Motacilla a. lugubris). — Single birds on Sept. 19th 

 and Oct. 3rd, and three on Oct. 6th. 



Red-breasted Flycatcher {Mtiscicapa p. parva). — A young- 

 male on Sept. 21st and 22nd. 



Scandinavian Chiffchaff [Phylloscopus c. abietinus). — Chiffchaffs 

 obtained between Sept. 14th and Oct. 6th belonged to this form. 



Wood-Warbler {Ph. s. sibilatrix). — One on Sept. 30th. 



Yellow-browed Warbler {Ph. s. siiperciliosus). — One on 

 Sept. 29th. 



Barred Warbler {Sylvia n. nisoria). — An adult on Sept. 6th. 



Lesser Whitethroat {S. c. currivca). — Single birds on Sept. 4th, 

 24th, and 28th. 



Whinchat {Saxicola r. rubetra). — Two on Sept. 15th, one 16th and 

 one 30th. 



Black Redstart {Phcenicurus o. gibr altar iensis). — Single birds on 

 Sept. 29th and 30th and Oct. 5th. 



Red-spotted Bluethroat {Luscinia svecica). — One on Sept. 5th. 



Continental Hedge-Sparrow {Prunella m. modvlaris). — One on 

 Oct. 1st. 



Sparrow-Hawk {Accipiter n. nisus). — Two onSept. 24th. Mr. Clarke 

 says that there is no previous reliable passage-record of the Sparrow- 

 Hawk in any of the northern islands of Scotland. 



Stock-Dove {Columba oenas). — One on Oct. 4th, Mr. Clarke says, 

 is the first really satisfactory record of its occurrence in Orkney. 



Black Tern {Hydrochelidon n. nigra). — One on Oct. 1st is the 

 first record for the northern islands of Scotland. 



