172 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vii. 



BARRED WARBLER IN NORFOLK. 



On September 2nd, 1913, at Cley I shot an immature Barred 

 Warbler {Sylvia nisoria) which appeared much darker on 

 the wing than any I have seen before. Its flight was very 

 like that of a Red-backed Shrike. Wind north-east. 



E. C. Arnold. 



[We beheve that another Barred Warbler was obtained 

 in the same locality in September. — ^Eds.] 



RUFOUS WARBLER IN SUSSEX. 



On September 21st, 1913, I was shown a small bird that had 

 been shot the previous day at Brede, Sussex, and came 

 to the conclusion that it was a worn example of an adult 

 Rufous Warbler. It proved, upon dissection, to be a male. 

 As this is a rather difficult bird to identify without any 

 skins for comparison, I forwarded the specimen as soon as 

 it was set up to Mr. Witherby to compare and confirm. 



H. W. Ford-Lindsay. 

 [I have carefully compared the specimen referred to, and 

 it is clearly an example of the typical form of the Rufous 

 Warbler {Agrobates g. galactotes). — ^H.F.W.] 



NUMBERS OF YOUNG IN BROODS OF 



SWALLOWS IN 1913. 



Having given the numbers of young in broods of Swallows 

 near Lancaster for several years (c/. Vol. IV., p. 249, Vol. V., 

 p. 135, Vol. VI., p. 254), the following particulars relating 

 to 1913 may be of interest. During June I did not examine 

 any nests. In July no broods of six were seen, 28.5 per cent, 

 contained five young, 14.2 per cent, had four, 42.9 per cent, 

 had three young, and 14.2 per cent, only two. During 

 August no full broods of six occurred, and only 7.7 per cent, 

 had five young, whilst 30.7 per cent, contained four and 

 38.5 per cent, three young, 15.3 per cent, having two, and 

 7.7 per cent, only one. Two nests visited in September 

 contained three apiece. 



Nests. 



Broods of Broods of Average 



Six. Five. Broods. 



1913 ... 



22 



None 



3 



13.6% 



3.27 



1912 ... 



20 



J5 



8 



40% 



3.95 



1911 ... 



60 



3 



24 



45% 



4.4 



1910 ... 



45 



None 



15 



33% 



3.89 



1909 ... 



11 



jj 







0% 



3.27 



H. W. Robinson. 



