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Lbicbsteeshibe. — One seen " last week " (G. Ellis. Field, 

 31.1.1914, p. 245). 



Shropshire. — One seen at Shre^^'sbury on February 9tli 

 (H. E. Forrest). 



Monmouthshire. — One was shot near Magor on January 

 19th (R. C. Banks). 



Norfolk. — ^M. J. H. Gurney writes as follows: "The 

 number registered up to date, including some in Lothing- 

 Jand, which geographically goes with Norfolk, is about 

 sixty-eight. This total may be compared with the return 

 of seventy in 1903 {Zoologist, 1904, p. 214), forty in 1893, 

 and one-hundred and fifty in 1866. The migration of 1913-14 

 has certainly been smaller than that of 1866-67, and that 

 again was smaller than the visitation of 1849-50, at all 

 ■ events in the eastern counties. 



" During the present winter the first intimation of their 

 presence was received by Mr. Arthur Patterson on Novem- 

 I)er 15th, 1913. There were few to be heard of at first, 

 but it is evident that small bands kept on arriving, and 

 gradually working their way inland ; and there being more 

 observers than formerly, they were quickly noticed, but 

 in most cases not shot at. This is just what happened in 

 1866, when the first was noticed on November 17th, but 

 they were more persecuted then. On January 28th Mr. 

 B. B. Riviere and I, having been informed that there was 

 a flock in a street (Havelock Road) on the outskirts of 

 Norwich, went in search, and soon found four of them 

 feeding upon the red haws of a large whitethorn, one of 

 the very few thorn trees still retaining any berries. The 

 haws were dexterously pulled off one by one and swallowed 

 whole, except what were dropped. Indeed, their habits 

 were very wasteful, for although one Waxwing might gulp 

 -down three or four running, the next would drop twice that 

 number on the ground, so that the heavy crop upon the 

 tree diminished with needless rapidity. After a few minutes 

 had been devoted to a meal these Waxwings seemed 

 satiated and flew across the street to a large tree opposite 

 where they remained for a time quiescent, unconcernedly 

 preening themselves, and we noticed that they never depressed 

 their crests. They soon grew hungry again, which perhaps 

 accounted for their tameness, albeit voracity is characteristic 

 -of the Waxwing, as was remarked by Willughby in the 

 seventeenth century. They were also thirsty, for we saw 

 two of them go to an adjacent house-top and drink out 

 -of the gutter. I heard them utter no sound, and have 



