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many of the parts that are white in the adult are suffused with yellow 

 in the immature bird. May not the same be the case with the eye- 

 stripe and throat of M. flava ? — E. C. Arnold (The Close, Winchester). 



Red-throated Pipit in Sussex. — 1 happened to be in the shop of 

 Mr. G. Bristow, taxidermist, of St. Leonards, on the morning of 

 Nov. 30th last, when a Pipit was brought in (in the flesh), which we 

 believed to be Anthus cervinus. After the bird was mounted I sent it 

 to Dr. Bowdler Sharpe at the British Museum, who kindly confirmed 

 our identification. The bird was shot in a garden at Ninfield, Sussex, 

 on Nov. 26th, 1901. It proved on dissection to be a female. It was 

 exhibited at the meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club on Dec. 18th, 

 1901, by Mr. Howard Saunders. — L. A. Curtis Edwards (31, Magdalen 

 Eoad, St. Leonards-on-Sea). 



Waxwings at Great Yarmouth. — During the latter part of November, 

 1901, Waxwings (Ampelis garrulus) were unusually numerous in the 

 neighbourhood of Yarmouth. Mr. Lowne, taxidermist, had over a 

 dozen for preservation. The majority seemed to be immature birds. 

 A. Patterson (Ibis House, Great Yarmouth). 



The Tree-Sparrow in Cardiganshire. — While nothing is definitely 

 known of this species (Passer montanus) in Western Wales beyond the 

 certainty of its being uncommon, there is a strong probability that it 

 has often been overlooked. I met with it for the first time in this 

 district on Dec. 20th last, when I clearly identified four individuals, 

 which were feeding with Chaffinches, Greenfinches, and a Bramble- 

 finch in a stackyard at Clarach, about a mile north of this town. — 

 J. H. Salter (Aberystwyth). 



Nutcracker in Herefordshire. — A specimen of the Nutcracker 

 (Nucifraga caryocatactes) was obtained in September not many miles 

 from Hereford, and is now to be seen in the Cardiff Museum. There 

 are reasons for not giving the exact place. So far as I can learn, the 

 species has not been recorded from any of the neighbouring counties. 

 H. E. Forrest (Shrewsbury). 



Great Black Woodpecker. — At the beginning of December I noticed 

 a letter in the natural history column of a local weekly paper, written 

 by a gentleman from Kington, Herefordshire, and entitled " A Strange 

 Bird." From reading the contents I conclude that the writer has had 

 the good fortune to see a specimen of Picus martins, whose claim to a 

 place in the list of British Birds is much disputed. The following is a 

 copy of the letter : — " On Sunday morning, Nov. 24th, my wife and a 

 lady visitor called my attention to the peculiar movements of a bird on 



