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  NOTES 
  AND 
  QUERIES. 
  

  

  AVES. 
  

  

  Richard's 
  Pipit 
  (Anthus 
  richardi) 
  in 
  Cornwall. 
  — 
  On 
  Dec. 
  22nd 
  I 
  

   watched 
  for 
  fully 
  an 
  hour 
  a 
  Richard's 
  Pipit 
  on 
  the 
  sandhills 
  near 
  

   Hayle. 
  The 
  bird 
  was 
  hawking 
  for 
  insects, 
  and 
  allowed 
  me 
  to 
  crawl 
  

   through 
  the 
  bent 
  to 
  within 
  a 
  few 
  yards 
  ; 
  I 
  was 
  thus, 
  with 
  the 
  help 
  of 
  

   glasses, 
  enabled 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  details 
  of 
  the 
  plumage 
  very 
  minutely. 
  The 
  

   size 
  and 
  length 
  of 
  limb 
  and 
  tail 
  were 
  very 
  striking. 
  The 
  whole 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  the 
  bird 
  resembled 
  a 
  Wagtail 
  more 
  than 
  a 
  Pipit. 
  — 
  H. 
  

   Eliot 
  Howard 
  (Clareland, 
  Stourport, 
  Worcestershire). 
  

  

  Great 
  Grey 
  Shrike 
  (Lanius 
  excubitor) 
  in 
  Lancashire. 
  — 
  I 
  had 
  an 
  

   opportunity 
  a 
  few 
  days 
  ago 
  of 
  examining 
  a 
  fine 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  bird, 
  

   which 
  had 
  been 
  shot 
  near 
  the 
  River 
  Mersey, 
  at 
  Urmston, 
  on 
  Jan. 
  23rd 
  

   last, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  S. 
  Tate, 
  of 
  Stretford, 
  who 
  has 
  had 
  it 
  preserved. 
  Judging 
  

   by 
  the 
  faint 
  grey 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  breast-feathers, 
  it 
  is 
  an 
  adult 
  female. 
  

   The 
  double 
  white 
  wing-bar 
  was 
  well 
  defined. 
  — 
  Frank 
  S. 
  Graves 
  (Balla- 
  

   rnoar, 
  Alderley 
  Edge). 
  

  

  Waxwings 
  in 
  East 
  Anglia. 
  — 
  The 
  visitation 
  of 
  Ampelis 
  garruhis 
  to 
  

   East 
  Anglia 
  during 
  the 
  past 
  winter 
  has 
  perhaps 
  been 
  the 
  largest 
  since 
  

   1866-7, 
  when 
  upwards 
  of 
  one 
  hundred 
  and 
  fifty 
  were 
  obtained 
  in 
  

   Norfolk 
  alone. 
  Mr. 
  Lowne, 
  of 
  Yarmouth, 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Clarke, 
  of 
  Snettis- 
  

   ham, 
  have 
  kindly 
  told 
  me 
  that 
  they 
  have 
  had 
  about 
  thirty 
  and 
  fifteen 
  

   respectively 
  ; 
  and 
  Mr. 
  Bunn, 
  of 
  Lowestoft, 
  has 
  had 
  several, 
  one 
  of 
  

   which 
  (a 
  male 
  in 
  good 
  plumage) 
  he 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  flesh 
  about 
  the 
  

   middle 
  of 
  December. 
  Others 
  have 
  been 
  recorded 
  in 
  the 
  local 
  press, 
  

   so 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  obtained 
  must 
  have 
  amounted 
  to 
  about 
  sixty. 
  — 
  

   Julian 
  G. 
  Tuck 
  (Tostock 
  Rectory, 
  Bury 
  St. 
  Edmunds, 
  Suffolk). 
  

  

  Greenland 
  Falcon 
  (Falco 
  candicans) 
  in 
  Co. 
  Donegal. 
  — 
  During 
  the 
  

   last 
  week 
  of 
  December 
  an 
  immature 
  Greenland 
  Falcon 
  was 
  trapped 
  by 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  tenants 
  on 
  Horn 
  Head. 
  — 
  H. 
  Eliot 
  Howard 
  (Clareland, 
  

   Stourport, 
  Worcestershire). 
  

  

  Migration 
  in 
  1903. 
  — 
  I 
  would 
  like 
  to 
  ask 
  the 
  question, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  

   set 
  others 
  — 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  myself 
  — 
  -a-thinking 
  : 
  How 
  (why) 
  has 
  it 
  happened 
  

  

  