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hampton, and an immature male about the same date just 

 across the border at Holsworthy, in Devon. It is therefore at 

 least a casual autumn bird of passage in the north-east of the 

 county. | i 



The Dartford Warbler was a fairly well-known resident 

 throughout the county in the late seventies, but after the severe 

 winter of 1880-81 does not seem to have been recorded till 1884, 

 when Baily observed it near Penzance. After the hard winter of 

 1886-87 it was not again observed till May, 1899, when Miss 

 E. A. "Reynolds saw it in a garden at Hayle. In April, 1904, a 

 nest with four eggs was found near Penryn. Shortly after 

 hatching one of the young birds disappeared, but the other three 

 were watched till fully fledged. In 1905 a nest with four young 

 ones was discovered at Linkinhorne, and another with five eggs 

 near St. Buryan. Last year birds were again seen about St. 

 Buryan in the spring, and one was flushed from a turnip -field in 

 the autumn. This year it has not yet been recorded for the 

 county. 



The Firecrest has in late years been a fairly regular winter 

 visitor. In October, 1900, several came in at the Lizard with a 

 large flock of Chiffchaffs and several Redstarts, and one, a male, 

 was shot to establish identification. From the 7th to the 9th of 

 November that year two were observed at Kea, near Truro. In 

 January, 1901, about a dozen frequented some pine-trees near 

 Tregothnan, with a number of immature Goldcrests, for about a 

 fortnight, and in November that year one was shot at Kea. In 

 the first week of December, 1904, two lingered for several days 

 near Gulval, at the head of Mount's Bay, and one was killed 

 later in the month at Helston. For a week or so in the middle 

 of November, 1905, it was not at all uncommon among Gold- 

 crests from Malpas down the left side of the river to King Harry 

 Passage, and in November, 1906, it was heard and seen by F. H. 

 Davey in Tresamble Lane between Ponsanooth and Bissoe. 



When staying at St. Goar, on the Rhine, in May, 1905, the 

 writer received from a farmer near Liskeard the remains of a 

 Melodious Warbler that had been shot near Sandplace, Looe, on 

 the 12th of the month, under the impression it was a Nightingale. 

 " We killed it," wrote the sender, " so that people should not 

 laugh at us when we said we had heard the Nightingale in Corn- 



