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ISOLATED UECOEBS 



AND 



SINGLE OBSEEYATIONS. 



The Black-throated Thrush (Turdus afriffjilaris). Male shot at 



Wittersham (Kent), March 15th, 

 The Alpine Ring-Ouzel {Turdus cdpestris). Male shot at Guestling 



(Sussex), May 23rd. 

 The Isabelline Wheatear [Saxicola isdbellina), Male shot at Rye 



Harbour (Sussex), April 17th. 

 The "White-spotted Bluethroat (Cyanecula ivnlfi). Several seen 



and two males shot at Pett (Sussex), May 15th and 17th. 

 The Marsh-Warbler (Acrocepkalus palustris). First heard (two) in 



Gloucestershire, May 16th. 

 The Blue Titmouse {Parus cceruleus). One (British race), apparently 



migTating, S. Yorkshire coast, April 18th. 

 The W^'S.i^ {Troglodytes parvulus) . Small numbers passing on S. York- 

 shire coast from April 15th to 18th. 

 The Grey Wagtail {Motaeilla melanope). A pair at Wareham 



(Dorset) and twelve passing at Ulverstone (Lancashire) on 



March 5th. Winter - residents last seen in Hertfordshire, 



March 30th. 

 The Blue-headed Wagtail (Motaeilla Jlava). One flew on board 



H.M.S. ' Africa ' in Knock Deep, 51° 42' N., 1° 35' E., on June 1st. 

 The Rock-Pipit (Anthus ohscurus). Single birds were seen passing on 



the Sussex coast on March 6th and 21st, and on the Suffolk coast 



on March 12th and April 1st. 

 The Golden Oriole {Oriolus galbula). One seen at Farnham (Surrey), 



April 19th. 

 The Great Grey Shrike [Lanius excuhitor). Single birds obtained 



at Pett (Sussex) on January 18th and at Penj'^bontfawr (Mont- 

 gomery) on March 25th; two seen at Cheltenham (Gloucester), 



March 28th. 

 The Southern Grey Shrike {Lanius meridionalis). One shot at Pett 



(Sussex), January 2nd. 

 The Waxwing {Ampelis garrulus). Single birds seen near Hereford, 



January 3rd, at Bushey Heath (Hertfordshire), March 7th, and 



near Poole (Dorset), March 12th, 



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