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AQUATIC WARBLERS IN SUSSEX. 



On September 10th, 1914, a pair of Aquatic Warblers 

 {Acrocephalus aquaticus) were obtained at Little Common, 

 Sussex. I saw them in the flesh on the following day. Both 

 appeared to be immature birds. H. W. Ford-Lindsay. 



DUSKY THRUSHES IN SUSSEX. 



Towards the end of Janviary, 1915, I heard that some curious 

 Thrushes were visiting certain clumps of hawthorn for the 

 purpose of feeding on the berries. 



They were described as being a cross between a Redwing 

 and a Fieldfare. It was not long before I had the oppor- 

 tunity of examining one in the flesh, when I fovuid it to be 

 the Dusky Thrush {Turdus fuscatus). 



Altogether I have examined six of these birds in the flesh, 

 five of which were shot at the same spot. The dates and 

 sex are as follows : — 



January 25th. Female, Hollington. 

 February 7th. ,, ,, 



20th. Male, 

 ,, 22nd. Female, „ 



March 3rd. Male, 



,, 3rd. Female, Crowhurst. 



H. W. Ford-Lindsay. 



[The Dusky Thrush breeds in Siberia and winters in China 

 and north-west India, only occasionally appears in Europe, 

 and has only once before been recorded in the British Isles. — 

 Eds.] 



BLACK REDSTART IN HAMPSHIRE. 



It may be worth recording that on February 26th, 1915, at 

 Thorn's Beach, Beaulieu, I saw a Black Redstart {Phcenicurus 

 0. gibraltariensis). E. M. Imrie. 



[Although there do not appear to be many recorded occur- 

 rences of the Black Redstart in Hampshire (c/., Kelsall and 

 Mumi, Birds of Hampshire) the bird is not a very uncommon 

 winter visitor to some parts of the south coast of England. — 

 Eds.I 



