2222 The Zoologist— July, 1870. 



Golden Orioles in County Cork.— One of these birds was shot at Castle Martyn on 

 the 21st of April, and one on the 23rd at Friendly Cove, "Carrigbue" (Yellow Koclc), 

 Bantry, County Cork. I have just received the female oriole shot by Mr. Philip 

 French, of Westwood Roscarberry, County Cork, at Mr. M. H. Morris's, of Friendly 

 Cove. Mr. Morris and Mr. French saw five more while standing at their hall door, on 

 the wing, and marked them in a grove of fir trees ; but so wary were they, that 

 neither of those gentlemen (who are first-rate shots) could get a chance at them. It 

 is a pity to shoot them down. They are very beautifully plumaged birds — in fact, the 

 brightest and most attractive birds in Britain or Ireland — and they are also splendid 

 songsters. — W. A. Hacked ; Cork. — From the ' Field.' 



Orioles in Great Britain. — Since the publication of the last 'Zoologist' several 

 reliable records have reached me of additional occurrences of this rare bird, inducing 

 me to believe it would in very few years remain to breed here should the gun tax 

 become law. My neighbour Mr. Ashmead has received for preservation one killed at 

 Red Hill on the 22nd of April : Mr. Gordon, of Dover, has received one killed on the 

 29th of the same month : Mr. Quatremain, of Stratford-on-Avon, received one killed 

 on the 29th ; it was feeding on last year's ivy-berries: Mr. Conway Preston records 

 that a specimen was seen by himself in North Wales on the 21st. — Edward Newman. 



Black Redstart in Norfolk. — I had brought me, on the 25lh of April, a nice male 

 specimen of the black redstart: it had unfortunately been dead nearly a month, and 

 was therefore in a bad state for preservation. I heard of it at the time of its capture, 

 but could get no information of its possessor, who it appears laid it aside and forgot it. 

 I had the greatest difficulty in skinning it, but succeeded at last, and have mounted it 

 in a presentable form. It was shot at Hoveton, and is the fourth instance of the 

 occurrence of this species in Norfolk: the other three were females. The stomach of 

 this specimen was filled with minute beetles. From its dried state of course I could 

 not take any proper dimensions. — T, E. Gunn. 



Grayheaded Wagtails near Clevedon. — On the 28th and 30th of May last I shot a 

 pair of grayheaded wagtails near Clevedon, in a meadow close to the Bristol Channel. 

 They were associating with yellow wagtails, several of which birds I observed in the 

 same and an adjoining field, and from which they were at once distinguishable, even at 

 a distance, by their smaller size and more slender make, and also by the lighter hue of 

 the under parts. — Marcus S. C. Riclcards ; 2, Seymour Place, Clifton, June 6, 1870. 



Vinous-breasted Pipit on the Banks of Severn. — On the 10th of last March I shot 

 a specimen of the vinous-breasted pipit on some marshy ground on the banks of the 

 River Severn between New Passage and Avonmouth. It was a female and in full 

 plumage, and when shot was in company with a specimen of its congener, the rock 

 pipit. Upon a comparison of the two birds (which were both of the same sex) the 

 dissimilarity in plumage and measurements was apparent, and seemed to me clearly 

 to indicate a difi'erence in species. On the 23rd of the same month I shot another 

 specimen near the same place, but as to the identity of which Mr. Gould (to whom I 

 showed the skins of both birds) expressed some doubt. This specimen (also a female) 

 appeared scarcely to have completed its moult and to be in a transition state of 

 plumage. There is the usual bluish tinge on the upper parts, but the throat and 

 breast are spotted unusually thickly and distinctly mixed with a few blotches of a 

 reddish brown or tawny colour. The measurements, however, nearly correspond with 

 those of the other specimen. — Id. 



