260 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Herefordshire. — Two (one red, the other yellowish-gieen) 

 at Hope End, near Ledbury, on October 3rd, 1909 {Harold 

 Hewitt). 



Warwickshire. — Flock (about 20) near Stratford-on-Avon 

 on December 4th, 1909 (R. Hudson). 



Northamptonshire. — A male and female sent for preserva- 

 tion from Rushden on October 16th, 1909 (W. C. Cattell). 

 Mr. C. E. Wright (in litt. Dec. 20) says that about a 

 hundred or more Crossbills were in the woods near 

 Kettering " last week," feeding on the spruce-cones 

 (F. C. R. Jourdain). 



Bedfordshire. — A single red male near Woburn on October 

 24th (C. Oldham). A flock of sixteen and a party of 

 eight to ten seen on December 24th, 1909, at Woburn 

 (The Duchess of Bedford). 



Norfolk. — The Rev. E. T. Daubeny, writing from Swaff- 

 ham in August, says that " for some days half a dozen 

 or so [Crossbills] have frequented the trees round my 

 garden" (Nature Notes, 1909, p. 188). 



Suffolk. — A small flock at Euston Hall on December 7th, 

 1909, and a much larger flock about three miles distant 

 on December 9th (H. Noble). 



Hertfordshire. — Three flew over Cassiobury Park, Watford, 

 on October 17th, 1909. Four were in a larch-plantation 

 near Marseyatestreet on December 5th. A flock of 20-30 

 in a plantation of larches and firs at Aldbury, on 

 December 12th (C. Oldham). 



Berkshire. — Two near Easthampstead on October 25th, 

 1909 (B. G. Stilwell). 



Hampshire. — A flock (about 20) at Bramshill, near Winch- 

 field, on November 6th, 1909 (B. G. Stilwell). 



Sussex. — First noticed in St. Leonard's Forest, near Horsham, 

 in July, 1909 ; greatly increased in numbers in September ; 

 in October and November flocks have been present in the 

 fir- belts between Leonardslee, Peas Pottage, and Fay- 

 gate (J. G. Millais, Field, 4, xii., 1909, p. 1049). A flock 

 (12-15) at Muntham, Horsham, on August 5th, 1909. 

 A very large flock (estimated at fully 100) in Scotch firs 

 near Midhurst on November 18th (Captain E. 8. Godman). 



Kent. — Many (some flocks nearly entirely consisting of red 

 birds) at Ashurst on November 6th, 1909. Many at 

 Hemsted, near Cranbrook, on November 16th and 17th. 

 Small flocks at Hever on December 2nd (E. G. B. Meade- 

 Waldo). 



