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SPREAD OF THE IRISH JAy.—Mr. G. C. May states (Jrish 
Nat., 1917 (March), p. 53) that about thirty Garrulus q. 
hibernicus appeared in the southern part of co. Dublin 
‘* within the last few months.” Mr. W. J. Williams (é. ¢., p. 
88) states that in January, 1917, several were observed near 
Malahide and that the bird had appeared at Bray. Mr. 
Williams adds that it had also been seen recently at Mount- 
bellew, co. Galway, and in this connection I may mention 
that I was told in 1914 that Jays were breeding not far from 
this place. E.R. We 
GREAT GREY SHRIKE IN AYRSHIRE. ; 
describes (Glasgow Nat., 1916, pp. 42-45) a female Lanius 
e. excubitor (an irregular visitor to the west coast), which was 
caught on a limed twig by a Mr. Kennedy near Roughwood, 
Beith, in December, 1915. The bird, which was accompanied 
by another, was evidently attracted by a Redpoll decoy. 
Mr. Ritchie adds an account of three specimens of a trematode 
(Leucochloridium macrostomum) new to Britain, which he 
found in the intestine of the Shrike. 
Waxwine In [rELAND.—Mr. N. H. Foster records (Irish 
Nat., 1917, p. 54) that an example of Bombycilla garrulus 
was shot at Hillsborough, co. Down, on February Ist, 1917. 
The species is an irregular visitor to Ireland. 

SIBERIAN CHIFFCHAFF IN KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE.—Mr.. W. 
Begg records (Scot. Nat., 1917, p. 33) that he obtained a 
Phylloscopus c. tristis at the Little Ross Lighthouse on 
December 3rd, 1916. This is the first record of the bird for 
south-west Scotland. 
Hysrip Sone-THRUSH AND BLAcKBIRD.—Mr. C.. Crabb 
recently kindly showed me a male example of a hybrid 
between these two species bred in captivity. The upper- 
parts were darker than those in a Song-Thrush, but browner 
than in a male Blackbird while the under-parts were much 
like those of a Song-Thrush, but the spots on the breast were 
smaller and not so rounded, and the belly was cream-coloured 
rather than white and the under tail-coverts and. axillaries 
darker and richer than in the Song-Thrush. The median 
wing-coverts had no golden-buff tips as in the Song-Thrush. 
The length of the wing was equal to that of the Blackbird 
measuring 123 mm., as against 111-121 in males of Song- 
Thrush and 120-132 in males of Blackbird. The tail measured 
92 mm., which is longer than a Thrush’s and short for a 
Blackbird.. The sixth primary, was not emarginated as it is 
in the Blackbird and thus resembled the Song-Thrush. The 
