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House, on November 4th, 1908, and before liberating it he 

 saw another on the window sill. On the same date in 1907 

 he caught one in his bedroom, and on November 2nd of that 

 year he saw another, while two were caught in his house in 

 1895, on October 29th and November 2nd {Irish Nat., 

 1909, p. 26). 



Wood-Wren in Herefordshire in Winter. — A Warbler 

 seen at close range by Mr. A. B. Farn near the River Wye 

 on January 9th last, is said by him to have been without 

 doubt an example of Phylloscopus sihilatrix {Zool., 1909^ 

 p. 28). 



Dipper in Kent. — Mr. A. H. Hardy writes to the " Field '^ 

 (19, XII., 08, p. 1103) that he saw a Dipper {Cinclus aquatictis) 

 on the River Stour on December 11th, 1908. The species 

 is a rare straggler to Kent. Dr. N. F. Ticehurst tells us 

 that he has notes of some dozen occurrences, and adds that 

 the bird is supposed to have nested on one occasion at Chart- 

 ham, not far from the locality of the present record. 



Scarcity of the Long-tailed Tit in a Yorkshire 

 District. — Mr. H. B. Booth records the scarcity of the 

 Long-tailed Tit in Upper Airedale and Upper Wharfedale 

 (West Yorkshire). Only three occurrences of the bird in 

 the breeding season are known during the last fifteen years, 

 although a few years before it nested annually in these 

 districts, and does so commonly in adjoining districts. No 

 reason can be assigned for the desertion of the neighbourhood 

 by the bird {Nat., 1909, pp. 55-57). 



Coal-Titmouse on the Bass Rock. — Mr. W. Evans reports 

 that two Parus ater occurred on the Bass Rock on September 

 28th, 1908. Only a wing and leg were sent to him, so that he 

 could not say A^hether the birds w^ere British or Continental 

 {Ann. S.N.H., 1909, p. 49). 



Late Stay of Swallow in Ireland. — An immature 

 Hirundo rustica was seen (and unfortunately shot) on December 

 9th, 1908, near Clondalkin, co. Dubhn (W. J. Wilhams, Irish 

 Nat., 1909, p. 56). 



Brambling in West Sutherland. — A number of Bramb- 

 lings {Fringilla montifringilla) were seen on October 25th, 

 1908, at Inchnadamph. The bird has not hitherto been 

 identified in this area (J. T. Henderson, Ann. S.N.H., 1909,. 



p. 47). 



