NOTES. 233 



? , Isle of May, September 4th, 1908. (For this and sub- 

 sequent specimens from the May, I am indebted to Mr. Ross, 

 superintendent of the lighthouse.) 



c^" , Barnsness, night of October 1st, 1908 ; along with Larks, 

 Starlings, etc. (For the Barnsness specimens I have to thank 

 the lighthouse keepers and Mr. Pow.) 



S S ^ and one ? , Isle of May, night of October 7th. 



? , Barnsness, night of October 7th ; several with other 

 migrants. 



(^ and ? , Isle of May, night of October 31st, during a great 

 rush of migrants, including besides Goldcrests, Redwings 

 (very many), Fieldfares, Ring- Ousels, Owls, Woodcock, etc. 



Thus it ^^'ould seem either that many of our British Goldcrests 

 do migrate, or that there are in some part of North Europe 

 birds which in autumn plumage are indistinguishable from 

 them. I have long regarded our British Goldcrests as in the 

 main resident, and the flocks observed at our light stations 

 in October as coming from Scandinavia or the adjacent parts 

 of the continent ; and I still incline to this view. The subject, 

 however, needs further investigation. An examination of 

 specimens from stations in Orkney and Shetland, for instance, 

 would be most interesting. 



William Evans. 



[In September, 1905, I obtained two examples of un- 

 doubtedly migrating Goldcrests in Norfolk which clearly 

 belong to the typical and not to the English race. There is 

 much to be learnt regarding migration in conjunction with the 

 study of local races. — H. F. W.] 



YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER IN LINCOLNSHIRE. 



On October 19th last I found a Yellow-browed Warbler 

 {Phylloscopus suyerciliosus) dead in a hedge near the sea-bank 

 at North Cotes. There was a great migration of birds in 

 progress at the time. There were Song-Thrushes in thousands, 

 hundreds of Robins and Goldcrests, and in less numbers Red- 

 wings, Blackbirds, Ring-Ousels, Grey Crows, Chaffinches, 

 Greenfinches, and Twites, with a few Brambhngs, Wheatears, 

 Rock-Pipits, Woodcocks, Merlins, and Black Redstarts. 



This is the second appearance of the Yellow-browed Warbler 

 in the county. G. H. Caton Haigh. 



THE EAST EUROPEAN CHIFFCHAFF IN THE ISLE 

 OF WIGHT. 



On April 15th, 1907, I received from the lighthouse at 

 Niton, Isle of Wight, a single example of Phylloscopus 



