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p. 340. Black-redstart. Absent from the Balkan Peninsula south of Bulgaria. Winters in Southern 

 Europe and Northern Africa from Morocco to Nubia. 



p. 341. Kedspotted-bluethroat. Length 6 inches [152 mm.]. 



p. 342. Bedspotted-bluethroat. On migration, besides visiting our east coasts, this race passes 

 Heligoland, the Low Countries, France, apparently North-west Germany and Spain, apparently wintering 

 in West Africa. 



p. 343. British Bedbreast. A few breed in Lewis and North Uist. The Continental Kedbreast is 

 a regular migrant to the northern portion of its breeding range, wintering in the Mediterranean region 

 south to the oases of the Sahara. 



p. 345. Nightingale. For Luscinia megarhynchos read L. megarhyncha. (Other local races of this 

 species are found in Corsica and South-western Asia.) The winter quarters of the Nightingale lie in 

 Tropical Africa south of the Sahara, from the Gold Coast to Abyssinia. Description, 1. 2, read ' tail ' for 

 ' tone ' ; 1. 8, omit ' juvenile.' 



p. 345. Nightingale. Line 7, 'tail ' for 'tone' ; 1. 13, omit ' fledgling.' 



p. 347. Dusky-thrush. For Turdus dubius read T. fuscatus (Pallas). 



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p. 2. Whitethroat. Bred in Lewis in 1881. Some visit the Canaries. 



p. 4. Lesser Whitethroat. There are three records of this species on migration from the Irish coast 

 (Counties Kerry, Donegal, and Dublin). 



p. 9. Dartford-warbler. One specimen was caught at the Tuskar Light, Co. Wexford, Ireland, 

 Oct. 27, 1912. 



p. 10. British Q-oldcrest. Said to have bred twice in the Orkneys, and also in Stornoway in 1906. 



p. 14. Chiffchaff. In Scotland it has bred on Arran and Bute. The statement that it is fairly 

 common near Loch Maree is quoted in brackets by J. A. Harvie-Brown. 



p. 17. Arctic Willow- warbler. Also has occurred on migration in Holland. 



p. 20. Beed-warbler. Now known to breed in N. Algeria. On migration has been obtained on 

 Fair Island (Sept. 1908), on the Orkneys (four times), while there are three undoubted records from 

 Ireland (Irish Nat., 1912, p. 50). 



p. 22. Marsh-warbler. Recorded on migration from St. Kilda (Sept. 6, 1910), and Fair Island 

 (Sept. 24, 1 906). According to Mr. H. E. Howard the male accompanies the hen when building but does 

 little work. Incubation period 12 days, the sexes relieving one another every half-hour (H. E. 

 Howard). 



p. 26. Aquatic-warbler. One obtained in the Isle of Wight on August 17, 1912. 



p. 27. Grasshopper-warbler. Though absent from the Outer Hebrides, the mainland of Scotland 

 north of the Moray Firth, and the Orkneys, it has occurred twice on Fair Island on spring migration. 



p. 34. Plate 48. Blackcap. Add to title : and female (in the background). 



p. 96. British Hedge-sparrow. Common near Stornoway in Lewis (Outer Hebrides). 



p. 105. Starling. Visits Madeira and the Canaries on passage, and casual in Spitsbergen, Iceland, 

 and Greenland. 



p. 145, 1. 11 from above. For ' pp. 78, 79,' read ' 147, 148 ' ; 1. 2 from below, for ' the species ' read 

 ' two species.' 



p. 156. Waxwing. For Bombycilla garrulus read Ampelis garrulus (Linnaeus). 



p. 176. British Coal-tit. From the paragraph on the distribution delete the reference to Ireland, 

 which applies to the Irish Coal-tit. 



p. 1 79, 1. 6 from below. For ' Also record ' read ' Also recorded ' ; 1. 8 from above, after ' Ireland ' add 

 ' except where introduced.' 



p. 180. British Willow-tit. To list of counties where found add : Devon, Yorks, Lancashire, Derby, 

 Salop, Worcester, Hereford, and Brecon. 



p. 184. Two continental races of Crested-tit have now been definitely identified, P. cristalus 

 cristatus (Linnaeus) and P. cristatus mitratus (Brehm) (see Rare Birds Section). 



