BRITISH BIRDS 



The following birds, mostly racial forms, have been recorded lately as having 

 occurred in the British Islands, but are not figured. 



They are given under binomial names. 



North African Black Wheatear, Saxicola syenitica, Heuglin. One obtained at 

 Pevensey, Sussex, June 7th, 19 15. This bird differs from the typical European 

 form in having the black of a browner tone and the black tips to the tail-feathers 

 broader (v. Witherby's British Birds, January 19 16). 



Eastern Great Reed-Warbler, Acrocephalus orientalis (Temm. and Schleg.). 

 One picked up dead, St. Leonards, Sussex, August 24th, 19 16. Differs from the 

 Great Reed- Warbler in its smaller size and in the wing formula (v. Witherby's 

 British Birds, April 19 17). 



Eastern Short-toed Lark, Alcrnda longifiennis, Eversmann. One obtained at 

 Fair Isle, Shetlands, November nth, 1907. It is paler in the colour of the upper 

 parts and has the wings generally a little longer than in the typical form (v. Scottish 

 Naturalist, 191 5, p. 100). 



Calandra Lark, Melanocorypha calandra (Linnaeus). Two obtained near St. 

 Leonards, Sussex, May 16th and 17th, 19 16 (v. Witherby's British Birds, April 

 1917). 



Semi-palmated Ringed Plover, Algialitis semipalmata (Bonaparte). One 

 obtained April 8th, 1916, at Rye, Sussex. This American form of Ringed Plover 

 differs from our bird not only in the semi-palmation of the feet, but in having less 

 black on the head, neck and breast (v. Witherby's British Birds, April 191 7). 



