OTES 



SEXES OF MIGRANTS. 



The lightkeeper at the Tuskar Rock, co. Wexford, 

 Mr. Johnston, sent me twenty-four White throats {Sylvia 

 communis), nine Willow- Warblers {Phylloscopus t. trochilus), 

 eight Sedge- Warblers {Acrocephalus schoRnohcenus) , and six 

 Whea tears {(Enanthe ce. cenanthe), killed by striking on April 

 30th, 1914, between 10.15 p.m. and midnight. 



On dissection it was found that twenty of the Whitethroats 

 were males, two females, and two doubtful. All the Sedge- 

 Warblers were males ; seven Willow- Warblers were males, 

 .one female, and one doubtful ; five Wheatears were females 

 and one male. 



There were great numbers of Corn-Crakes {Crex crex) about 

 the lantern ; two specimens were sent. 



The above statistics may be of interest to the student 

 of the sexes of migrants. R. M. Barrington. 



RARE VAGRANTS IN KENT AND SUSSEX. 



I SHOULD like to put on record the following occurrences of 

 rare vagrants in Kent and Sussex : — 



Bulwer's Petrel [Bulweria hulwerii). — ^A male was shot 

 while fluttering about a pool on the beach at Jury's Gap, 

 Lydd, Kent, on March 16th, 1914. It was subsequently 

 examined in the flesh by Mr. H. W. Ford-Lindsay. This 

 is the sixth recorded British specimen. 



Caspian Plover [Charadrius asiaticus). — ^A male was shot 

 at Pevensey, Sussex, on March 30th, 1914, and examined 

 in the flesh by Mr. H. W. Ford-Lindsay. This is, I believe, 

 the fourth British specimen. 



Solitary Sandpiper {Tringa s. solitaria). — ^A female was 

 shot at Pevensey, Sussex, on April 17th, 1914, and examined 

 in the flesh by me on the 18th. This is the sixth recorded 

 British specimen! 



Mediterranean Black-headed Gull {Larus 7nelano- 

 cephalus). — ^A male which was shot at Littlestone, Kent, on 

 September 8th, 1913, was seen in the flesh by Mr. H. W. 

 Ford-Lindsay, and examined after it was stuffed by Mr. H. F. 

 Witherby. The primaries were in moult. This is the 

 fourth recorded British specimen. J. B. Nichols. 



