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  AVES. 
  

  

  British 
  Examples 
  of 
  the 
  White-spotted 
  Bluethroat 
  (Cyanecula 
  

   wolfi). 
  — 
  In 
  confirmation 
  of 
  my 
  remarks 
  on 
  the 
  first 
  recorded 
  British 
  

   occurrence 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  at 
  Scarborough, 
  in 
  the 
  year 
  1876 
  (Zool. 
  

   1903, 
  p. 
  23), 
  may 
  I 
  be 
  allowed, 
  in 
  anticipation 
  of 
  the 
  forthcoming 
  

   'Birds 
  of 
  Yorkshire,' 
  to 
  quote 
  from 
  a 
  letter 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  Alfred 
  Roberts, 
  

   who 
  stuffed 
  the 
  bird 
  in 
  question, 
  written 
  to 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Eagle 
  Clarke, 
  

   which 
  runs 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  " 
  Scarborough, 
  1st 
  January, 
  1880. 
  A 
  fine 
  female 
  specimen 
  of 
  the 
  

   Blue-throated 
  Warbler 
  was 
  found 
  dead 
  uuder 
  the 
  telegraph 
  wares, 
  near 
  

   Scarborough, 
  by 
  the 
  late 
  John 
  Young, 
  gamekeeper 
  to 
  Lord 
  Londes- 
  

   borough. 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  It 
  had 
  a 
  white 
  satiny 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  blue 
  throat 
  .* 
  

   The 
  specimen 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  possession 
  of 
  Mrs. 
  Young." 
  

  

  This 
  letter 
  may 
  perhaps 
  serve 
  as 
  an 
  answer 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Nicoll's 
  com- 
  

   ments 
  (Zool. 
  1903, 
  p. 
  431), 
  which 
  cast 
  a 
  doubt 
  on 
  the 
  authenticity 
  of 
  

   the 
  above 
  record. 
  — 
  T. 
  H. 
  Nelson 
  (The 
  Cliffe, 
  Redcar). 
  

  

  Great 
  Grey 
  Shrike 
  (Lanius 
  excubitor) 
  in 
  Cheshire. 
  — 
  On 
  Dec. 
  25th, 
  

   when 
  riding 
  along 
  a 
  lane 
  at 
  Redesmere, 
  Capesthorne, 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  strange 
  

   bird 
  with 
  long 
  rounded 
  tail 
  and 
  undulating 
  flight 
  settle 
  on 
  the 
  topmost 
  

   twig 
  of 
  an 
  oak 
  some 
  little 
  distance 
  away, 
  from 
  which 
  it 
  flew 
  to 
  a 
  

   similar 
  position 
  on 
  another 
  tree 
  before 
  I 
  could 
  approach 
  sufficiently 
  

   near 
  to 
  see 
  it 
  clearly. 
  In 
  this 
  second 
  position 
  I 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  

   better 
  although 
  not 
  a 
  good 
  view 
  of 
  it 
  before 
  it 
  again 
  moved 
  to 
  another 
  

   tree-top 
  some 
  few 
  hundred 
  yards 
  away. 
  I 
  then 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  see 
  it 
  was 
  

   a 
  Great 
  Grey 
  Shrike 
  in 
  dull 
  plumage, 
  probably 
  of 
  the 
  immature 
  bird. 
  

   When 
  it 
  flew 
  I 
  could 
  just 
  see 
  that 
  it 
  appeared 
  to 
  have 
  the 
  double 
  white 
  

   wing-bar. 
  A 
  Starling, 
  evidently 
  with 
  a 
  disposition 
  to 
  mob 
  it, 
  flew 
  

   into 
  the 
  same 
  tree, 
  and 
  its 
  presence 
  seemed 
  to 
  irritate 
  the 
  Shrike 
  

   somewhat, 
  as 
  it 
  assumed 
  a 
  threatening 
  attitude. 
  I 
  was 
  able 
  then 
  to 
  

   form 
  a 
  fair 
  comparison 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  birds. 
  — 
  Frank 
  S. 
  

   Graves 
  (Ballamoar, 
  Alderley 
  Edge). 
  

  

  Waxwings 
  in 
  North 
  of 
  Ireland.— 
  In 
  ' 
  The 
  Zoologist,' 
  1903, 
  p. 
  456, 
  

   Mr. 
  W. 
  C. 
  Wright 
  states 
  there 
  are 
  only 
  two 
  records 
  of 
  the 
  Waxwing 
  

   (Ampelis 
  garrulus) 
  for 
  the 
  North 
  of 
  Ireland 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  forty 
  years, 
  

   This 
  is 
  not 
  correct, 
  and 
  might 
  mislead 
  students 
  of 
  Irish 
  ornithology 
  in 
  

   the 
  future. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  two 
  occurrences 
  quoted, 
  the 
  following 
  

   are 
  on 
  record 
  : 
  — 
  1881, 
  one, 
  Donegal 
  ; 
  1893, 
  three, 
  Antrim 
  ; 
  two, 
  

   Londonderry; 
  1895, 
  one, 
  Armagh; 
  1901, 
  one, 
  Down. 
  — 
  Robert 
  Pat- 
  

   terson 
  (Holywood, 
  Co. 
  Down). 
  

  

  -■'■ 
  The 
  italics 
  are 
  mine. 
  — 
  T. 
  H. 
  N. 
  

  

  