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19G BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. xiii. 



The small Tit appeared quite happy, calling to himself and 

 searching for food amongst the heather. Seemingly he must 

 have been on migration. The spot was about four miles 

 south of the boundary between Aberdeen and Inverness. 



In the valley of the Spey in Rothiemurchus forest the 

 birds are fairly numerous. This w^ould be about 12-15 miles 

 to the north. Setox Gordon. 



SWALLOW RINGED IN YORKSHIRE FOUND IN 

 SOUTH AFRICA. 

 I HAVE received the following letter from the Bishop of 

 Glasgow ■ — 



Sir, — I have just returned from South Africa. When in East 

 Griqualand, staying with the Rev. M. WilUamson of Ensikeni, 

 Riverside Post, I was shown an aluminium ring that had been taken 

 off a Swallow's leg. The bird was picked up about the 21st of February, 

 1919, in Michael Gwensa's cattle kraal. The ring was marked 

 " Witherby, High Holborn, London," and inside were the letters and 

 figures " J.M.53." 



The Swallow was very thin and exhausted. The natives all thought 

 it boded ill-luck for Michael, and considered that it was a clear case 

 of witchcraft for a bird to appear from nowhere with a ring round its 

 leg and alight in someone's cattle kraal ! 



Archibald Glasgow tt Galloway. 



This Swallow {Hirundo r. rustica) was ringed as a nestling 

 by Mr. H. W. Robinson at Low Bentham, Yorkshire, on 

 August iqth, 1918. I am sure that all the readers of British 

 Birds will join me in thanking the Bishop of Glasgow for 

 having transmitted this verj^ interesting record. 



This is the fourth Swallow ringed in Great Britain which 

 has been found in South Africa, the others being : Stafford- 

 shire, adult, May 1911, Utrecht, Natal, December 1912 ; 

 Ayrshire, nestling, July 1912, Orange Free State, March, 

 1913 ; Lancashire, nestling, July 1915, Grahamstown, Cape 

 Province, February 1916. It is remarkable that all four have 

 been found on the eastern side of South Africa. 



H. F. Witherby. 



LITTLE OWL IN MONTGOMERYSHIRE. 



On October 25th, 1919, a Little Owl [Athene n. noctiia) was 

 shot by a keeper at Llanllugan, near Newtown, Montgomery- 

 shire. This is a first record for the county, and shows how the 

 species is steadily extending its range north-west. 



H. E. Forrest. 



OSPREY IN YORKSHIRE. 

 While fishing for salmon on the Yorkshire Esk near Whitby, 

 at the end of September, I saw an Osprey {Fandion h. 



