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  so 
  short 
  a 
  distance 
  ; 
  but 
  most 
  probably 
  it 
  belonged 
  to 
  the 
  red- 
  spotted 
  

   species 
  (G. 
  suecica), 
  as 
  the 
  white-spotted 
  variety 
  (0. 
  wolfi) 
  has 
  only 
  once 
  

   been 
  authentically 
  recorded 
  from 
  this 
  country, 
  one 
  having 
  been 
  picked 
  

   up 
  dead 
  near 
  Dungeness 
  Lighthouse 
  on 
  Oct. 
  6th, 
  1902 
  (Zool. 
  1902, 
  

   p. 
  464). 
  According 
  to 
  the 
  late 
  Mr. 
  Seebohm, 
  in 
  his 
  ' 
  History 
  of 
  

   British 
  Birds,' 
  i.p. 
  270, 
  this 
  species 
  has 
  been 
  recorded 
  from 
  Newcastle- 
  

   on-Tyne, 
  Dorsetshire, 
  Birmingham, 
  Yarmouth, 
  Margate, 
  the 
  Isle 
  of 
  

   Sheppy, 
  Whimple 
  (South 
  Devon), 
  Worthing, 
  Lowestoft, 
  Somerset, 
  

   Brighton, 
  off 
  Aberdeen, 
  and 
  also 
  a 
  female 
  from 
  Spurn 
  Point, 
  procured 
  

   by 
  Mr. 
  Eagle 
  Clarke. 
  Mr. 
  Howard 
  Saunders 
  also 
  mentions 
  the 
  visit 
  

   to 
  Norfolk 
  of 
  a 
  flock 
  of 
  these 
  birds 
  in 
  September, 
  1883, 
  and 
  again 
  in 
  

   the 
  same 
  month 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  year 
  (' 
  Manual 
  of 
  British 
  Birds,' 
  p. 
  35, 
  

   1S99). 
  In 
  ' 
  The 
  Zoologist,' 
  1903, 
  p. 
  389, 
  a 
  specimen 
  is 
  recorded 
  from 
  

   near 
  Eastbourne, 
  caught 
  in 
  September. 
  — 
  Ernest 
  C. 
  Chubb 
  (Natural 
  

   History 
  Museum, 
  S.W.). 
  

  

  British 
  Examples 
  of 
  the 
  White-spotted 
  Bluethroat 
  (Cyanecula 
  

   wolfi. 
  — 
  As 
  was 
  the 
  case 
  last 
  year, 
  1 
  have 
  only 
  just 
  returned 
  from 
  an 
  

   expedition 
  abroad, 
  and 
  therefore 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  Mr. 
  Nelson's 
  note 
  {ante, 
  

   p. 
  31) 
  until 
  recently. 
  I 
  again 
  refer 
  Mr. 
  Nelson 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Dresser's 
  

   ' 
  Manual 
  of 
  Palaearctic 
  Birds,' 
  p. 
  62, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  author 
  says, 
  in 
  

   describing 
  the 
  female 
  and 
  young 
  of 
  the 
  red-spotted 
  form 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  

   female 
  and 
  young 
  resemble 
  those 
  of 
  that 
  species 
  (C. 
  wolfi), 
  there 
  being 
  

   no 
  characters 
  by 
  which 
  they 
  are 
  distinguishable." 
  If 
  Mr. 
  Nelson 
  

   examines 
  skins 
  of 
  the 
  two 
  forms, 
  I 
  think 
  he 
  will 
  find 
  that 
  the 
  females 
  

   of 
  both 
  have 
  a 
  white 
  spot 
  or 
  patch 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  throat. 
  If 
  the 
  

   specimen 
  picked 
  up 
  at 
  Scarborough 
  in 
  1880 
  is 
  an 
  example 
  of 
  Cyanecula 
  

   icolp, 
  I 
  venture 
  to 
  think 
  its 
  sex 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  ascertained 
  correctly, 
  as 
  I 
  

   believe 
  I 
  am 
  right 
  in 
  saying 
  that 
  the 
  females 
  of 
  both 
  forms 
  of 
  Bluethroat 
  

   never 
  have 
  blue 
  throats, 
  but 
  only 
  a 
  collar 
  of 
  blue 
  across 
  the 
  upper 
  

   breast, 
  and 
  that 
  only 
  in 
  comparatively 
  old 
  birds. 
  In 
  conclusion, 
  may 
  

   I 
  ask 
  if 
  the 
  specimen 
  in 
  question 
  is 
  still 
  in 
  existence, 
  as 
  if 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  female 
  

   C. 
  ivolji, 
  with 
  a 
  blue 
  throat, 
  it 
  would 
  be 
  of 
  some 
  interest 
  ? 
  — 
  Michael 
  J. 
  

   Nicoll 
  (10, 
  Charles 
  Road, 
  St. 
  Leonards-on-Sea). 
  

  

  Robin 
  nesting 
  in 
  Tree 
  and 
  Hedge. 
  — 
  In 
  'The 
  Zoologist' 
  (ante, 
  

   p. 
  190; 
  , 
  Mr. 
  Ellison 
  recorded 
  an 
  instance 
  of 
  Erithacus 
  rubecula 
  nesting 
  

   in 
  a 
  tree. 
  I 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  a 
  nest 
  among 
  the 
  leaves 
  of 
  a 
  tree, 
  but 
  

   a 
  year 
  or 
  two 
  ago 
  I 
  found 
  one 
  in 
  a 
  hedge 
  about 
  three 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  

   ground. 
  I 
  have 
  also 
  known 
  this 
  bird 
  to 
  build 
  in 
  a 
  hole 
  in 
  the 
  trunk 
  

   of 
  a 
  tree 
  at 
  about 
  four 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  — 
  Chas. 
  H. 
  Bentham 
  

   (London 
  Road, 
  Eedhill, 
  Surrey). 
  

  

  