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The Reed-AVarbler (Acrocejyhalus streperus). Decrease at Marbury 

 Mere (Cliesliire), September 3rd ; last seen, Hayliug Island' 

 (Hants), 8th ; one at Marbury Mere, 17th ; one passing, N.E. 

 Suffolk coast, 2cird. 

 The Grasshopper-Warbler {Locustella ncevia). Three seen and one 

 killed, S. Bishop Lt. (Pembroke), August 20th/21st. 



The Hedge-Sparrow {Accentor modularis). Single birds seen, Isle 

 of May (Fife), September 17th, 18th, 25th and 29th; a few on 

 Isle of May, September 30th to October 6th and from October 

 19th to 21st ; one shot. Isle of May, October 10th ; abundant for 

 first time in coast hedges N.E. Lincoln, October 5th ; small 

 numbers on passage, October 6th to 16th (increase on 9th), Spurn 

 Head (Yorkshire) ; three arrived. Cape Wrath (Sutherland), 

 October 14th ; one killed, Dungeness Lt. (Kent), October 

 16th/17th ; two arrived, Pentland Skerries (Orkney), October 

 19th. All those examined from the Isle of May and the Dunge- 

 ness bird belong to the British race. One obtained at Spurn on 

 October 9lh belongs to the Continental race. 



The Scandinavian Dipper {Cmclus ciyiclus). One shot, near Brid- 

 lington (Yorlishire), December 16th. 



The Great Titmouse [Paras major). One, N.E. Lincoln coast, 

 October 5th; one, CuUercoats (Northumberland coast), October 

 22nd. 



The Blue Titjiouse (Parus coernleus). Numerous on coast-hedges, 

 North Cotes and Marshchapel (Lincoln), October 6th ; a few, S. 

 Yorkshire coast, October 6th to 16th ; numbers arrived on coast, 

 CuUercoats (Northumberland), October 31st, two on sea-banks, 

 November 1st and one on the 11th. 



The British Coal-Titmouse {Parus britannicus) . One passing, N.E. 

 Suffolk coast, October 3rd. 



The Willow-Titmouse (Parus kleinschmidti). One shot, Marshchapel 

 (Lincoln coast), September 12th. 



The Red-throated Pipit {Anthus cervinus). One shot, St. Kilda, 

 October 8th. 



Richard's Pipit {Anthus richarcU). Two seen (one shot), Fair Isle 

 (Shetland), October 6th and 7th. 



The Golden Oriole (Oriolus ffalbula). Male seen, near Scarborough 

 (Yorkshire), July 9th; one observed diu-iug summer at Cusop 

 (Hereford's was last seen on August 28th. 



The Great Grey Shrike {Lanius e.vcubitor). Single birds were 

 reported as seen or shot in October at Spurn Head (Yorkshire), 

 6th and 7th, Halmyre, West Linton (Peebles) 16th, Fair Isle 

 (Shetland) and Gorleston (Suffolk) 23rd, Golspie (Sutherland) 

 2oth, Beverley (Yorkshire) 27th, while two others were shot in 

 Berwickshire (dates unrecorded). One was procured in Orkney 



