VOL. XV.] NOTES. 155 



WAXWINGS IN FORFARSHIRE, NORTHAMPTON- 

 SHIRE AND DEVONSHIRE. 

 On November 12th, 1921, I saw two Waxwings {Bomhycilla 

 i^arrulus) on a wild-rose bush in a hedge near Broughty Ferry. 

 The hedge was by the side of a main road, and the birds, 

 when disturbed by a passing motor, flew out for a few yards 

 and then returned to the same bush, affording a clear view. 



T. Leslie Smith. 

 It may be worth recording that on November nth, 1921, 

 I saw two Waxwings [Bomhycilla garnilns) in a hedgerow 

 near Ashton Wold, Oundle. They were busily engaged 

 in devouring hips and allowed me to approach within a few 

 yards. I visited the locality next day but failed to see them 

 again. N. Charles Rothschild. 



While walking near the coast near Dartmouth on 

 September 25th, 1921, we saw two strange stumpy birds 

 which we could not at once identify. They were brown, 

 with black throats, tails and primaries with a lighter bar, 

 yellow and white on the wings, a yellow tip to their tails and 

 short crests. They were flying in front of us about fifty yards 

 away, settling on the hedge or in the field until we got nearer. 

 They constantly uttered a high twittering call-note. We 

 identified them later as Waxwings [Bomby cilia ganiiliis), 

 the first we have seen here. On October i6th and 27th we 

 saw them again in the same neighbourhood. 



J. P. W. Furse and H. T. Boxham. 



WOOD-WARBLER SINGING WHILST BROODING. 



Apropos of Mr. G. C. S. Ingram's remarks [antea, p. 80) as 

 to the Blackcap {Sylvia a. atricapilla) singing whilst brood- 

 ing, it may be of interest to record that I have seen a 

 Wood-Warbler {Phylloscopus s. sibilatrix) behaving similarly. 

 I had been watching the pair some time with a view to 

 discovering their nest, when the male suddenly dropped 

 down in the manner in which this species usualh,^ approaches 

 its nest, and swiftly entered it. As soon as it appeared to 

 have settled in the nest it boldly poured out its song as 

 loudly as if it had been singing on the top of a tree. This 

 it twice afterwards repeated at intervals of about one minute, 

 then remained silent. This happened in Axwell Park, near 

 Blaydon-on-Tyne, in May 1898, about 4.30 a.m., in full 

 \'iew of me within 15 feet of the nest, lying upon a tree that 

 had fallen to an angle of about 70 degrees. I have enjoyed 

 considerable experience in watching birds nesting, but this is 

 the only instance I can recall of its kind. Isaac Clark. 



