200 BRITISH BIRDS. 



BARRED WARBLERS IN NORFOLK. 



On September 11th, Mr. H. A. V. Maynard, shooting with 

 me in the Cley bushes, secured an immature specimen of 

 the Barred Warbler {Sylvia nisoria). Its appearance in the 

 bushes was very Hght, and it showed no inchnation to skulk. 

 The wind was N.W., and it had been raining all the morning, 

 the bird making its appearance just after the clearing 

 shower. 



E. C. Arnold. 



On September 12th T. Cringle, one of Lord Leicester's 

 keepers, shot a young female Barred Warbler on the Wells 

 Marshes. Unfortunately it was very badly damaged by the 

 shot. There were only a few birds in the bushes on that 

 day, one Common Whitethroat being the only other warble:- 

 recognised, but there was a distinct increase of Meadow- 

 Pipits on the marsh, and I think there were some Rock-Pipits 

 also. 



F. G. Penrose. 



YELLOW - BROWED WARBLERS, RED - BREASTED 



FLYCATCHERS, BLUETHROATS AND OTHER BIRDS 



IN NORFOLK. 



The following notes from the neighbourhood of Blakeney of 

 the chief movements of migrants observed during September, 

 1908, may be of interest. From September 7th to 20th the 

 \A ind was chiefly westerly, south-westerly and southerly, and 

 practically no migrating small birds were seen until September 

 18th, when a large number of Pied Flycatchers and a good 

 many Common Redstarts appeared, but by September 21st 

 they had nearly all left. After a wet day with a south-west 

 wind on the 22nd, the weather cleared and the wind veered 

 to the north-east on the 23rd. On the morning of this day I 

 shot an immature Red-breasted Flycatcher {Muscicapa parva). 

 A few Redstarts and Blackcaps and one Ring-Ouzel were the 

 only other migrants seen in the morning, but during the 

 afternoon a large migration set in. My son (W. R. G. Richards) 

 shot a female Yellow-browed Warbler {Phylloscopus super- 

 ciliosus) and Pinchen (a well-kno\\'n local fowler) shot a male 

 of the same species. Both birds were very tame. We saw 

 also numbers of Redstarts and a few Pied Flycatchers, Black- 

 caps, Garden- War biers and Ring- Ouzels, while one Bluethroat 

 {Cyanecula suecica) was also seen and shot. On September 

 24th Ramm (another well-known local fowler) shot a mature 

 male Red-breasted Flycatcher in very fine plumage, and 



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