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from early in January 192 1, three were seen frequently 

 during three weeks at Ayton, near Scarborough, and that 

 Mr. Green, a keeper at Thornton-le-Dale, informed him that 

 five arrived there during the first week in February, and by 

 the 13th their numbers had increased to thirty. They all 

 left early in March. Mr. C. Oldham also informs us that one 

 was seen at Mars worth, Bucks., on February 19th. 



Early Arrival of Wheatears and Common Sand- 

 piper. — Mr. W. Miall Jones reports a male (E. oe. cenanthe 

 from the neighbourhood of Aberystwyth, Cardigan, on 

 February 25th, 1921, and Mr. George Bristow two, at 

 HolUngton, Sussex, on March 13th. Mr. James Cairns 

 informs us that he saw a Tringa hypoleuca at Elstow, near 

 Bedford, on March i6th. 



Black Redstart in Lancashire. — Messrs. J. H. Riley 

 and R. Morris inform us, that they saw a male Ph. ochrurus 

 gibraltariensis at Darwen, on March 9th, 1921. 



Snow-Goose in Essex and Greater Snow-Goose in 

 Scotland. — " A.H.G." states {Field, January 29th, 1921, 

 p. 126), that during a storm on January loth, 1921, a Snow- 

 Goose came down to the water at Barrington Hall, Harlow, 

 Essex, and stayed four days. It accompanied some Canadian 

 Geese which live there and fly about the neighbourhood, and 

 was a good deal smaller than these birds. 



Dr. W. E. Clarke states {Scot. Nat., 1921, p. 48) that a 

 Snow-Goose reported by Mr. C. W. Phillips to have been 

 shot near Castle Douglas (Kirkcudbrightshire) " recently " 

 {Field, March 5th, 1921, p. 299) was forwarded to him for 

 examination and proved to be an example of the Greater 

 Snow-Goose {A . hyperboreus nivalis) of which there is only one 

 previous British record, viz., co. Mayo, October 1886. Mr. 

 Phillips states that the bird was immature and that there 

 were three Snow-Geese in all amongst a flock consisting 

 chiefly of Bean-Geese, and that he had heard of these birds 

 " all the winter." 



