NOTES. 165 



being left open to admit the hand, while a small nick was 

 made in the upper half for the nail on which the bottle hung. 



E. G. B. Meade- Waldo. 



BLACK REDSTARTS IN MERIONETH. 



On August 23rd a pair of Black Redstarts {Ruticilla tiiys) 

 were seen at Tal-y-Uyn, near Towyn, by Mr. H. N. Kirkby, 

 who w^atched them at close quarters for some time. The hen 

 bird was seen there again on the 30th of the same month. 

 The species is rare in North Wales, but has been recorded 

 three times previously in the same neighbourhood — in each 

 case a single bird (c/. Vert. Fauna N. Wales, p. 82). 



H. E. Forrest. 



BLACK-HEADED WAGTAIL IN KENT. 



A FINE male Black-headed Wagtail was shot at Fairfield, 

 Lydd, Kent, on June 3rd, 1908. It was taken by me to the 

 Natural History Museum, and identified as Motacilla flava 

 melanocephala. j g. Nichols. 



GREAT GREY SHRIKE IN SCOTLAND. 



In your last issue you mention twenty-tw^o occurrences of 

 the Great Grey Shrike {Lanius excuhitor) in Scotland during 

 the year 1907. Yet another specimen, unrecorded in that 

 Hst, was shot at Long Hope, in Orkney, in the November of 

 that year. jj. W. Robinson. 



[The Duchess of Bedford informs us that a female was shot 

 early in April, 1908, in the valley of the Palnure, two miles 

 from the place where one was seen in the previous autumn, 

 as recorded in Vol. I., p. 263. — Eds.] 



TWO-BARRED CROSSBILL IN SUSSEX. 



It may be interesting to record that a fine pair of Two- 

 Barred Crossbills {Loxia hifasciata) were shot together at 

 Penhurst, near Ashburnham, Sussex, on March 10th, 1908. 

 The cock is in fine red plumage, the hen in yellow. They 

 were seen in the flesh by Mr. W. R. Butterfield after being 

 sent to Mr. Bristow of St. Leonards. They are now in my 



"^1^^^^^^^- J. B. Nichols. 



TUFTED DUCKS NESTING IN THE OUTER HEBRIDES. 



In the references by MS. Marginal Notes in a copy of 

 MacGillivray's " British Birds," the statement by Dr. C 



