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wall." The specimen, an adult male, is the first recorded for the 

 county. 



For some years now a careful watch has been kept for the 

 appearance of the Alpine Accentor at likely places along the 

 south coast, and on the 11th November, 1906, an adult male was 

 shot at Looe, where it had been noticed two days before sitting 

 motionless for several minutes on a low stone wall, and, when 

 disturbed, going off with an irregular Lark-like flight. On the 

 16th September, 1899, a male Tawny Pipit was captured at 

 Bodmin, but it refused to eat dead insects and ant-eggs, and 

 died in two days. This is so far the only specimen recorded for 

 the Cornish mainland, though Pechell shot one at Scilly on the 

 19th September, 1868. An adult male of the Great Grey Shrike 

 was caught on limed twigs near Bodmin on the 26th November, 

 1898, and reported by E. V. Tellam. An unsuccessful attempt 

 was made to keep it alive. It took lean meat readily, but was 

 never properly freed from the bird-lime, and this interfered 

 seriously with its health. On its death the skin was unfortu- 

 nately not preserved. In September, 1900, a male Pied Fly- 

 catcher was killed at Liskeard. The last previous example 

 recorded for the mainland was obtained near Wadebridge by 

 D. Darell on the 23rd April, 1891. The Tree-Sparrow appears 

 to be a casual winter visitor of infrequent occurrence, but may 

 have been overlooked. The last three county specimens seen by 

 the writer are — one shot by John Williams at Scorrier in 1897, 

 and now in Lord Falmouth's collection at Tregothnan ; one, a 

 male, at Pencalenick, in November, 1904 ; and a male at the 

 Lizard on the 9th December, 1906. On the 19th December, 

 1903, a Mealy Kedpoll in immature plumage was shot at Feock, 

 the second example recorded for the county. The Lesser Pted- 

 poll is a not infrequent winter casual, occasionally caught with 

 Siskins at Lostwithiel, with Linnets and other Finches at 

 Penzance, and shot or captured at intervals at Looe, Stratton, 

 and elsewhere. The Twite is of rare occurrence. Seven were 

 seen and two shot at Cardynham after the cold stormy weather 

 of March, 1901 ; one was killed at Lostwithiel towards the end of 

 November, 1904; and one, a female, near Bude on the 11th Decem- 

 ber, 1906. An immature Bee-eater, a rare accidental straggler 

 to the county, was obtained at Marazion on the 3rd October, 



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