378 BRITISH BIRDS. 



yellow rushes on the lake at Stackpole Court, a residence of 

 Earl Cawdor. The head-keeper there informed me that 

 one or two appear regularly every winter. 



Nuthatch {Sitta ccesia). — This bird is reputed to be ex- 

 ceedingly rare in this county, but has either been overlooked 

 or has lately become commoner. At the end of November 

 I saw^ a bird of this species in the grounds of Pic ton Castle, 

 and on March 7th I saw one in the grounds of Hean Castle, 

 Saundersfoot. At both of these places there are a good 

 number of old and large trees, the exception in this exposed 

 and ^^indswept county. 



W. Maitland Congreve. 



BIRD PROTECTION IN YORKSHIRE. 



The Wild Birds and Eggs Protection Committee of the 

 Yorkshire Naturahsts' Union are this season placing a special 

 watcher at Hornsea Mere to protect the rarer birds nesting 

 there. They have for several years employed a watcher on 

 Spurn Point during the nesting season, with good effect, as 

 was shown in Mr. Oxley Grabham's article in our last number. 

 —Eds. 



THE BIRDS OF KENT. 



As some of our readers may be aware Dr. Norman F. 

 Ticehurst has for many years been stud5dng the birds of Kent 

 with a view to writing a history of the avifauna of the county. 

 Dr. Ticehurst informs us that his manuscript is now complete, 

 and that he intends to publish the work forthwith. The book 

 is to be offered to subscribers, and the edition is to be limited. 

 For many reasons Kent is an extremely important count}^ 

 ornithologically, and an adequate history of the Kent avifauna 

 has long been needed. We have every confidence that Dr. 

 Ticehurst's work will be one of exceptional merit, and will 

 take an honourable place in the splendid roll of the local 

 avifaunas of our islands. — Eds. 



BLACK-THROATED THRUSH IN KENT. 



On February 1st, 1909, Mr. G. Bristow, taxidermist, of St. 

 Leonard's-on-Sea, brought to me in the flesh a male specimen 

 of the Black- throated Thrush {Turdus atrigularis Temm.), 

 which had been shot by a man named Fuller on the previous 

 Saturday (January 30th) at Newenden, in Kent. The bird was 

 killed on the Kentish side of the River Rother, which separates 



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