216 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Eedbreast {Erithacus rubecula). — A common resident. 



Whitethroat (Sylvia cinerea). — Rare as a spring and summer 

 resident ; more numerous on the coast at the time of its arrival 

 in spring and departure in autumn, but never occurs in large 

 numbers. 



Golden-crested Wren (Regulus cristatus). — An autumn 

 migrant ; quantities arrive on the coast generally in October, 

 and I have found them in the streets of Cullercoats so exhausted 

 that I could easily catch them with my hands. J. Hancock 

 mentions in his Catalogue that they may be seen every autumn 

 as they arrive at St. Mary's Island in large numbers, and Mr. 

 W. G. Monk tells me that he occasionally caught them during 

 storms on the lighthouse there. The year 1906 was remarkable 

 for a large influx of these birds. 



Yellow-browed Warbler (Phylloscopus superciliosus) . — The 

 first specimen obtained in Britain was shot on the sea-banks 

 opposite Bates' (St. Mary's) Island by John Hancock on Sept. 

 26th, 1838. In his Catalogue, Hancock says: — "It was catching 

 insects on the tops of the taller herbage ; and its actions were 

 so like those of the Golden-crested Wren that I mistook it at 

 first for one of that species. Its movements were very graceful 

 as it flitted from plant to plant." This specimen, which is an 

 adult male, is now in the Hancock Museum, and is figured by 

 Hancock in his Catalogue. This specimen was supposed to be a 

 Pallas's Willow- Warbler {P.proregulus) [" Dalmatian Eegulus," 

 Gould] until 1863, when Swinhoe pointed out the error, and 

 Hancock rectified his identification (' Ibis,' 1867, p. 252) [H. 

 Saunders, Man. pp. 61, 63]. 



Chiffchaff (P. rufus). — Arrives in small numbers in spring. 

 An adult male was shot by my brother, H. V. Charlton, while 

 it was creeping about in a hedgerow behind Cullercoats on 

 Dec. 20th, 1905. The weather at the time was very stormy, and 

 it must have been on migration south from some sheltered spot 

 in the south of Scotland, where it had remained to tempt fortune 

 too long. This specimen is now in the Hancock Museum (Zool. 

 1906). 



Willow- Wren {P. trochilas). — Numerous as a migrant, but 

 only a few breed in the district, and those chiefly in Briar and 

 Holywell Denes. The average date for its arrival is April 21st. 



