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differ from that given by other observers, it is too brief, and stands 

 too much alone, to justify any one in contradicting their statements : 

 I offer it then, in the earnest hope that it may induce abler naturalists 

 to inquire into the general accuracy of the short note on the habits of 

 the noble black grouse during the breeding season. During the re- 

 mainder of my solitary journey through some of the wilder districts 

 in the south, I listened in vain for its well-remembered note, having 

 only once again heard it on the hills on the left bank of the Esk, 

 below Langholm. Archibald Hepburn. 



Whittinghain, East Lothian, 

 April 26, 1843. 





Note on the occurrence of the Black Redstart near Brighton. On the 16th of Oc- 

 tober, 1839, I shot a black redstart on the walls of the conservatory at Hove, near 

 Brighton ; and, on the 3rd of December following, another on the wall at the back of 

 Mr. Vallence's malthouse ; since which I have shot four other specimens, three males 

 and one female, one of the males during the last month ; it was remarkably black 

 and bright. — Geo. Sivaysland ; Brighton, April 12, 1843. 



Note on the occurrence of the Golden-crested Wren at Sea. On the 25th of Octo- 

 ber, 1839, a fisherman brought me two specimens of the common golden-crested 

 wren, which he said he had caught forty miles from land. — Id. 



Note on the appearance of the Continental White Wagtail {Motacilla alba) at Fal- 

 mouth. Observing on the 10th instant, amongst a flock of wagtails, on a beach near 

 here, a bird, the peculiar appearance of which led me to believe it a Motacilla alba, 

 I procured a gun and shot it, when it proved to be that species in perfect summer 

 plumage. This bird I forwarded to W. Yarrell, Esq., who confirms my opinion of 

 it. On the following day I obtained two other specimens from the same place. They 

 are certainly strangers to this neighbourhood, and probably arrived in company with 

 the swallows, which appeared for the first time on the 10th. — James J. Trathan ; 

 Falmouth, April 14, 1843. 



Note on the occurrence of the Bohemian Chatterer near Teignmouth. A female 

 Bohemian chatterer (Bombycilla garrula) was shot near Kingskerswell,.onthe 20th of 

 January, 1829, and shortly afterwards a male of the same species at Ashburton. — W, 

 R. Hall Jordan; Teignmouth, April 17, 1843. 



Note on the occurrence of the Rose-coloured Thrush at Teignmouth. A specimen 

 of the rose-coloured thrush (Pastor roseus) was shot at Teignmouth on the 17th of 

 July, 1817.— /d. 



Note on the occurrence of the Brambling or Mountain Finch near Famham, Surrey. 

 This bird appeared in immense numbers in the neighbourhood of Farnham during 

 the last winter, while for many years previously single specimens had only occasionally 

 l>con met with. — J. Lcircock ; Farnham, April 21, 1843. 



