238 BRITISH BIRDS. 



during the last four weeks (I write on November 17th). I 

 see that I noted it as singing on November 16th last year, 

 and in January, 1907, I heard two birds in full song near 

 Glastonbury. In my experience the Girl Bunting does not 

 sing in winter unless the weather is both still and mild — as 

 an instance, the bird here was silent during the week of colder 

 weather earlier in the month. The Corn-Bunting, on the 

 contrary, may be tempted into song on a very cold frosty 

 morning, provided there is bright sunlight. 



C. I. Evans. 



LITTLE BUNTINGS IN IRELAND AND NORFOLK. 



On October 2nd, 1908, a female specimen of the Little Bunting 

 {Emberiza pusilla) was picked up at the Rockabill Lighthouse 

 (off the coast of co. Dublin) and forwarded to me. The bird 

 was exhibited on my behalf by Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant at 

 the meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club held on 

 October 21st last. The Little Bunting has not previously 

 been recorded from Ireland. 



R. M. Barrington. 



Mr. H. N. Pashley, the well-known taxidermist of Cley-next- 

 the Sea, Norfolk, has sent me an adult female example of the 

 Little Bunting {Emberiza pusilla), which was brought to him 

 on October 19th by a local gunner, who had shot the bird 

 that day. Five examples of this bird have been previously 

 recorded as occurring in England, thirteen in Scotland, and 

 one in Ireland (c/. ajitea, Vol. I., pp. 249, 291, 383, 385, and 

 above). This appears to be the first record for Norfolk. 



Nine years ago, when Howard Saunders published the 

 second edition of his " Manual," only one example of this 

 species was known to have occurred in this country. Mr. 

 Eagle Clarke, I may remind my readers, found on Fair Isle, 

 the Little Bunting in some numbers amongst flocks of Twites, 

 and it thus may very easily escape notice. 



I had the pleasure of exhibiting the bird at the meeting of 

 the British Ornithologists' Club, held on November 18th 

 last. 



H. F. WiTHERBY. 



THE GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER AS A 

 BREEDING BIRD IN SCOTLAND. 



We have already referred to the interesting spread of the 



Great Spotted Woodpecker in Scotland (c/. Vol. L, p. 280). 



Mr. J. A. Harvie-Brown* now provides a valuable paper on 



* "Ann. S.N.H.," 1908, pp. 209—216 (with map). 



