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reed-bed at one of the meres at EUesmere, in Shropshire, 

 about 1886. It had been noticed singing, and was supposed 

 to be a Nightingale. It was stuffed by C. W. Lloyd, and 

 purchased by H. Shaw ; subsequently it passed through the 

 hands of G. Cooke and G. F. Fox, and is now in Mr. W. S. 

 Brocklehurst's collection. It was examined by Mr. Forrest 

 soon after Cooke bought it (H. E. Forrest, in litt., and Fauna 

 of Shropshire, p. 111). 



Grasshopper- Warbler (S. page 89). — Scotland. — Breeding 

 in Morayshire (near Elgin) in 1896-7-8, and not included 

 in Messrs. Harvie-Brown and Buckley's " Fauna of Moray " 

 (R. H. Mackessach, Ami. S.N.H., 1900, p. 48). 



Alpine Accentor (Vol. L, p. 109). — One was shot "a few 

 years since" (1904) at Ettington, near Stratford-on-Avon, on 

 the borders of Warwick and Worcester (R. F. Tomes, Vict. 

 Hist. Warwick, I., p. 191). 



Bearded Titmouse (Vol. I., p. 109). — One was seen by 

 Captain Henneker, who knew the bird well, in a reed-bed 

 near Sudbury, Derbyshire, in the summer of 1896 (F. C. R. 

 Jourdain, Vict. Hist. Derby, Vol. I., p. 126). 



Crested Titmouse (Vol. I., p. 110). — The bird observed 

 by Baron von Hiigel was at Torquay, as already pointed out 

 by Mr. W. S. M. D'Urban {Vict. Hist. Devon, p. 301). 



Tree- Pipit (Vol. L, p. 112). — Scotland. — Booth {Catalogue, 

 p. 17) says : " Forest of Glenmore, in Inverness-shire, where 

 in the summer of 1869 I found it breeding in considerable 

 numbers " (W. Evans, in litt.). 



Water-Pipit (Vol. I., p. 113). — Mr. O. V. Aphn writes that 

 the square brackets enclosing his Oxfordshire record should 

 be removed. Our only reason for inserting them was because 

 Mr. Aphn considers there is no distinction between A. s. 

 spipoletta and A. s. rupestris, but we consider that the two forms 

 are quite distinct, and did not know to which his record 

 referred. 



A third example from Merioneth was obtained by Mr. 

 Caton Haigh on February 21st, 1898 (H. E. Forrest, Vert. 

 Fauna N. Wales, p. 123). 



Golden Oriole (S. page 145). — Ireland. — A female was 

 found dead at the Skelligs Lighthouse, co. Kerry, on May 23rd, 

 1899 (R. M. Barrington, Mig. B. Irish Lt. Stations, p. 11). 



Red-backed Shrike (Vol. I., p. 148). — Ireland. — An im- 

 mature bird (the second Irish specimen) was received by Mr. 

 R. M. Barrington from the Wicklow Head Lighthouse, where 



