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bad and the wind high. One bird had no 'wax' on the 

 wings, and the other only one point on the right wing, and 

 two on the left. They were not seen after the 15th. On 

 February 28th another bird appeared on the same tree. 

 It was very shy, and I had to stand quietly by the window 

 for t^^•o hours before it \\'ould feed. This bird M'as brighter 

 in plumage than the others, and had three points on each A^'ing. 

 I observed and photographed it on several succeeding days 

 up to the 13th March, when the tree was nearly stripped of 

 its berries. The bird sometimes sat and trilled for ten 

 minutes at a time. The trill was well sustained and not 

 unlike that of the Redpoll. It also uttered a long-drawn 

 wheezing note like that of the Greenfinch. On no occasion 

 did it open its bill when 'singing,' therefore the song was 

 very subdued and somewhat j)laintive. In its feeding 

 attitudes it resembled the Crossbill. When hanging upside 

 down the chestnut colour of the under tail-coverts was very 

 conspicuous, and in this position it always fanned its tail 

 so that the yellow tips were brilliantly displayed. On 

 March 12th, which wan a bright and cold day, the 

 bird was quite tame and very hungry. It fluffed itself 

 out and looked half as big again, evidently feeling the cold. 

 It has not been seen since the 13th Marcli " (E. L. Turner). 



Bedfordshire. — One in December at BigglesAvade, two 

 at Bedford on January 20th, one at Sharnbrook on January 

 22nd (J. Steele Elliott, Zool, 1914, p. 112). 



Hertfordshire. — One at Haileybury seen by Mr. C. C. 

 Champion on March 12th feeding on hawthorn berries 

 remained in the same place until Marcli 16th (F. W. Headley). 



Essex. — One seen feednig on hawthorn berries on 

 February 12th, 1914, at West cliff -on- Sea. This is only 

 the second example recorded from Essex (F. W. Frohawk). 

 One (a single bird) shot at Margarettmg on January 9tli 

 (J. Beddall Smith). 



Kent. — " For the last three months there have been a 

 pair of Wax\\'ings in my father's garden at Broadstairs, 

 but I believe the birds have disappeared A\ithin the last 

 few days (March 12th) " (H. Payne Williams). 



Glamorganshire. — One seen in the neighbourhood of 

 Cowbridge early in March {South Wales Daily News). 



Co. Antrim. — Dr. J. L. Nevin of Baltymoney, co. Antrim, 

 writes in the Northern Whig of February 21st : "A lady in 

 this town gave me a description of a bird A\'hich she observed 

 feeding with others in the yard adjoming her house during 

 the last month, and from the intelligent account given of 



