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ON THE MORE IMPORTANT ADDITIONS TO OUR 

 KNOWLEDGE OF BRITISH BIRDS SINCE 1899. 



BY 



H. F. WITHERBY and N. F. TICEHURST. 

 Part XX. 



[Continued from page 375.) 



Corrigenda et Addenda, 



In concluding this series of articles we would express our 

 great indebtedness to the Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, who has 

 given us generous and continual assistance ; to Mr. R. J. 

 Ussher, who has taken the greatest pains to make our record 

 of Irish birds complete, and has added much new information ; 

 to Mr. H. E. Forrest, who has given us much help in Welsh 

 and Shropsliire records ; to Mr. T. H. Nelson, who has most 

 kindly assisted us in Yorkshire records ; and to Messrs. W. 

 Evans and J. A. Harvie-Brown, who have given us much 

 advice in Scottish records. 



In making use of tliis series of articles on the additions to 

 the second edition of Howard Saunders' " Manual," the 

 reader is warned that it is necessary to consult also the indices 

 of the two volumes of the Magazine now complete, since 

 many observations have been recorded while these articles 

 have been in progress.* 



White's Thrush (Vol. L, p. 53). — Saunders describes it as 

 " probably " breeding in Japan, and also describes Swinhoe's 

 eggs. These are now known to have belonged to some other 

 species. Many authenticated nests and eggs have now been 

 taken in Japan (c/. Heatley Noble, Bull. B.O,C., X., p. 47, 

 Collingwood Ingram, Ibis, 1908, pp. 132 and 386, Plate IV., 

 figs. 2 and 3 (eggs)). 



Redstart (Vol. I., p. 54). — Scotland. — Quoting from the 

 " Manual " we stated that this bird had not previously been 

 recorded from the " Hebrides." Mr. D. Macdonald, of Tober- 

 mory, kindly wTites that this should read Outer Hebrides, as 

 the Redstart is common in Mull. Moreover, Mr. Harvie- 

 Brown has noted [Ann. S.N.H., 1902, p. 140) that it was met 

 with once by Finlayson, of Mingulay, on August 6th, 1889, 



* Some corrections of Irish records not mentioned in this article are 

 made on pp. 248 and 276 of this volume. 



