NOTES. 127 



Fauna of North Wales, p. 214) records one undoubted occur- 

 rence of this species in Anglesey in the winter of 1899-1900. 



F. C. R. Jourdain. 



I am now able to record a Little Owl {Athene noctua) which 

 was shot at Sheldon on November 15th, 1908, and preserved 

 by Messrs. Spicer and Sons. This is only the second thoroughly 

 reliable record of this species in Warwickshire, as I am unable 

 to obtain further particulars concerning the specimen I 

 recorded as shot at Sutton Coldfield (c/. Vol. II., pp. 240 and 

 344 >- A. G. Leigh. 



COMMON BUZZARD IN SUSSEX. 

 A Common Buzzard {Buteo vulgaris) was shot at in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Battle, on June 8th. The bird, however, was not 

 recovered till the 26th. when the wing and other parts of the 

 body were sent to me for identification. One greatly deplores 

 the slaughter of these fine birds, which, if unmolested, would 

 perhaps again be often seen in the deep woodlands of east 

 Sussex - Thomas Parkin. 



THE PEREGRINE FALCON ON THE YORKSHIRE 

 CLIFFS. 

 I was interested in Mr. E. W. Wade's comments on my 

 article in the July number on the above subject, and as 

 accuracy on any matter of scientific interest is of the first 

 importance, perhaps I may be permitted to offer a few remarks 

 in reply. 



Mr. Wade states that there is no room for doubt that the 

 pair seen in 1904 did not remain to breed. I think I implied 

 this in my remark that "it is thought they did not remain to 

 breed," without too emphatically insisting upon it. 



Mr. W. J. Clarke adds an interesting fact that a pair nested 

 at Redcliff in 1901. This may have been the same pair seen 

 at Speeton Cliff in 1904, which though they did not nest on 

 the Bempton Cliffs may have passed on to that part of the 

 coast between Scarborough and Filey and there bred. 



Mr. Wade mentions that H. Marr has always maintained that 

 two young birds only were reared in 1906 and 1907 respectively, 

 while I stated that three were brought off in 1906 and one in 

 1907. H. Marr was also my source of information, as it was 

 on that portion of the cliff where he has climbing rights that 

 they nested on both occasions. I find in Mr. Wade's interesting 

 pamphlet, entitled " The Birds of Bempton Cliffs," he states 

 that " In 1906 the discovery was made that the birds had 



