284 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vii. 



Additional Breeding Species. 



There are not many new breeding-records for the county, 

 but those recorded are of some interest. The nesting of the 

 Marsh- Warbler has been mentioned above. 



Tree-Spahrow [Passer m. montanus). — A nest with two 

 •eggs on May 14th, 1890 {M.C.N.H., 1890). 



Blue-headed Wagtail [Motacilla f. flava). — A full 

 account of its breeding at Marlborough in 1907 was given 

 in British Birds, I., p. 89. It nested again in the same 

 place in 1909 {M.G.N.H., 1909). 



Dipper {Cinclus c. hritannicus). — Vide antea, p. 230. 



[Pied Flycatcher (Muscicapa hypoleuca). — ^Dr. Hammond 

 Hinton tells me that he took two eggs out of a clutch of 

 six at Warminster in 1884. The nest was built in a hole in 

 a foreign poplar.] 



[Common Sandpiper [Tringa hypoleuca). — Mr. G. Dent 

 writes : " Probably breeds on the Kennet (near Marlborough) ; 

 it is seen every spring, and this year (1912) my brother saw 

 the old birds with young only just able to fly."] 



Redshank [Tringa totanus). — Nested at Downton, 1907 

 {W.A.dsN.H., XXXV., p. 150). 



Additional Records op Rarer Visitors. 



We now come to the records of rare visitors since (or 

 unknown to the author of) the Birds of Wiltshire. 



Golden Oriole [Oriolus o. oriolus). — ^Dr. Hinton writes that 

 it " has been seen ia Great Ridge Wood near Hindon more 

 than once"; while Mr. Talbot described to me a, pair of 

 birds seen at Lacock Abbey in May, 1913, which must have 

 been the present species. 



Lesser Redpoll [Carduelis I. cabaret). — ^Three breeding- 

 records have been published [M.C.N. H. 1905 ; Brit. B., 

 III., p. 161 ; Field, June 15th, 1912), and Dr. Hinton teUs 

 me that he took eggs near Warminster, " ^^*hen I was a boy" 

 (about 1885). 



Crossbill [Loxia c. curvirostra). — One shot at Rockley 

 on Dec. 7th, 1889 [M.C.N. H.), and another at Bowden Hill 

 in Jan., 1904. Small flock seen at Littlecote in Dec, 1909, 

 [Brit. B., III., p. 305), and a flock of twenty was seen in 

 Savernake Forest in March, 1910 [M.C.N.H.). 



Snow-Bunting [Plectrophenax nivalis).- — Mr. Rawlence tells 

 me of two shot at Bishops, Down about 1908; the "fine 



