30 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



December in Pond Wood, close to St. Leonards. When once the characters 

 of the Willow'Tit are known, it may be distinguished without difficulty from 

 the Marsh-Tit (P. communis dresseri) chiefly by its smaller size, the duller 

 crown and nape, the more rufous flanks, and by the two outer rectrices 

 being relatively shorter than in the latter. In the paper referred to, Mr. 

 Hartert expressed the opinion that " British specimens of P. salicarius . . . 

 differ a little from continental ones in being somewhat darker above, and 

 having shorter wings." These and other differences exist, and have led 

 Herr C. E. Hellmayr, in a recent paper, =;= to separate the British form as 

 Parus montanus kleinschmidti. In the opinion of the present writer this is 

 the name by which the British Willow-Tit should be known. I have not 

 ventured to make any remarks about the habits of the bird, as I hope 

 to make these the subject of a future note. — W. Ruskin Butterfield 

 (4, Stanhope Place, St. Leonards-on-Sea). 



House-Martins in November. — On Sunday (Nov. 25th last), at Mar- 

 gate, I watched for some time four or five House-Martins {Ohelidon urhica) 

 flying about near the Cliftouville band-stand. — Henry T. Mennell 

 (Croydon). 



Hybrid Crow and White Wagtail in Merioneth. — It is with pleasure 

 •that I am able to record a specimen of an intermediate form between Corvus 

 corone and C. comix as having been taken in the county of Merioneth. The 

 bird in question was shot near Barmouth some five years ago by Mr. F. C. 

 Rawliugs, of that town, and has since been purchased by the writer, and 

 most carefully compared with the true C. comix. Although the two Crows 

 are well known to interbreed, as may be seen in the beautiful case shown in 

 the Cromwell Road Museum at South Kensington, the results of such 

 crosses are sufficiently rare — at any rate, in North Wales — to warrant 

 special mention in ' The Zoologist.' In appearance at first sight largely 

 resembling a " Grey Crow," a closer examination shows that the head is of 

 a blackish brown colour ; the mantle brownish grey, not clear grey. Below 

 the black throat, and to the middle of the breast, grey preponderates, as in 

 a pure-bred C. comix, but is of a darker shade. The entire abdominal 

 region and under tail-coverts are brownish black. The bird in question is 

 hardly as large as some specimens we have handled of typical G. comix. 

 Whilst writing, it may be of interest to mention that a mature White 



- "Einige Bemerkungen liber die Graumeisen " (Ornithol. Jahrb. xi. 

 pp. 201-217). The following is a translation of the original description of 

 P. m. kleinschmidti : — Nearest to P. mont. salicarius, but the back more 

 iutensel}- coloured dark rust-brown. Secondaries with wide rust-brown mar- 

 gins. The creamy tinge of the sides of the neck extends to the base of the 

 bill, and surrounds also the chiu-spot from in front [i. e. from below] , and 

 laterally. Sides of the neck creamy yellow. Under side intensely rusty. 



