OTES 



NOTES FROM HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND, 



1920-1. 



Hawfinch {Coccothraustes c. coccothrausies) . — One killed in 

 a mouse-trap.. November i6th, 1921. 



Red-backed Shrike (LflMws c. collnrio). — A young bird 

 on August 27th, 1921. 



Waxwing {Bomhycilla garnilus). — A single bird arrived 

 on November 14th, 1921, three on the 20th, one on the 26th 

 and one on the 29th. Tn every case they only remained a 

 few hours on the Island. At Beal, just opposite on the main- 

 land, I counted ten on November 23rd, and this number 

 had increased to twenty by the 25th. 



Western Mediterranean Shearwater {Puffintts p. 

 mauretanicns) . — -One was shot on September 8th, 1921, not 

 more than a mile from the shore off Bamburgh. It was 

 sitting amongst Guillemots and Razorbills. No other Shear- 

 waters were seen. 



American Pectoral Sandpiper {Erolia maculaia). — One 

 was shot on October loth, 1921. 



Grem: S^iYY. {Gallinago media) . — Male shot on October 

 12th, 1920. 



My thanks are due to Dr. W. Eagle Clarke for kindly 

 identifying those birds about which I had any difficulty. 



W. G. Watson. 



WAXWINGS AND BRAMBLINGS IN MANCHESTER. 



On November loth, 1921, a pair of Waxwings {Bomhycilla 

 garnilus) were seen feeding on the hawthorn pips in my garden 

 at Burnage, but disappeared the next day. On October 30th, 

 1921. I saw a flock of Bramblings {Fringilla moniifrin-2illa) (30 

 to 40 birds) feeding on the stubble just outside my boundary, 

 and on January 21st, 1922. they were still about but in 

 diminished numbers ; both these places are within the City 

 of Manchester. Herbert Massey. 



GARDEN- WARBLERS IN PERTHSHIRE. 



On August 8th, 1921, I came across a party of five Garden- 

 Warblers {Sylvia borin) in some birch trees above the river 

 Braan, near Inver bridge. T was at first in some doubt as 

 to their identity, but their size and grey-brown plumage 



