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FIRECREST IN NORFOLK! 



It may be of interest to record that on November 6th., 1913, 

 I shot a female Firecrest [Regulus i. ignicapillus) at Cley- 

 by-Sea, Norfolk. The bird was by itseK. 



H. Payne Williams. 



INCURSION OF WAXWINGS. 



Northumberland. — " One Waxwing appeared in my 

 garden at Stocksfield-on-Tyne on January 18th, and was 

 again seen on January 19th. A flock of between twenty 

 and thirty was seen near Dipton Woods, Riding Mill-on-Tyne, 

 on February 22nd " (J. S. T. Walton). 



Lincolnshire. — One shot at Immingham on January 1st. 

 One shot on the Humber Bank about January 6th (F. L. 

 Blathwajd:). One caught at Cleethorpes on December 28th, 

 and another on January 13th ; a third was seen on 

 February 12th. One caught at Grimsby on February 2nd. 

 None of these birds was accompanied by others of its 

 species (W. E. Suggitt). 



Lancashire. — Although I have heard of several Waxwings 

 having been seen about Lancaster during January, I can 

 only vouch for the authenticity of two, which were shot 

 during the first week in January (H. W. Robinson). 



Worcestershire. — One at Barnt Green on March 12th, 

 feeding voraciously on rose-hips, was tame enough to allow 

 of its being photographed from a short distance (A. T. Wallis). 

 " I had under observation five, from February 14th to 

 March 6th, in Malvern. They were very tame and could 

 be seen feeding on berries at all times of the day (W. W. 

 Lowe). 



Norfolk. — ^Mr. J. H. Gurney writes : " Since my last com- 

 munication {supra, p. 294) more Waxwings have come in from 

 the east and the total identified has crept up to one hundred 

 and six, but it is probable that some have been counted 

 twice over. Perhaps the most interesting observation yet 

 made was the detection of a small flock on February 7th 

 near the sea by Mr. Hemy Cole of Cromer, who writes : 

 ' I counted fifteen in a flock on the wing which I should 

 say were then landing (at Cromer) about 7.30 to 8 o'clock 

 on Saturday morning. They went from the sea over to 

 Roughton Heath direction,' which would be almost straight 

 inland. Several observers seem to have been struck by the 

 tameness of these birds, but that is one of their characteristics 

 in Finland, and does not arise, as at first thought, from 

 starvation." 



