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Island. The Scandinavian form {A. rupestris) was shot by J. G. 

 Millais on May 11th, 1903. 



The Golden Oriole appears to be an almost regular spring 

 visitor to Tresco, and an occasional one to Holy Vale, St. Mary's. 

 Some years ago the Bev. F. D. Astley heard five singing at one 

 time round Tresco Abbey, but as a rule they occur singly or in 

 pairs. The Broad Walk in the. Abbey Gardens is one of their 

 favourite haunts, and a pair were much in evidence there in 

 May, 1903. It has never been obtained in autumn, but Pechell 

 and Kodd pursued a bird for some time on St. Martin's at that 

 season, which the former was convinced belonged to this species. 

 No specimen of the Great Grey Shrike from Scilly has been pre- 

 served, but in manuscript notes by F. B. Kodd in 1871 it is 

 stated that it had been observed and shot by Pechell — generally 

 as birds of the year. The vague printed references to its occur- 

 rence on the islands are probably based on a note by E. H. Eodd 

 in ' The Zoologist ' for 1851 (p. 3300), to the effect that a female 

 was shot by Pechell early in November of that year. A detailed 

 examination of the specimen by E. H. Eodd and Jenkinson 

 caused them to doubt the identification, and in 1867 the bird 

 was sent to Gould, who figured it in his work on ' The Birds of 

 Great Britain ' as the Lesser Grey Shrike. This bird, the first 

 recorded for the British Isles, is the only example so far obtained 

 in the county. The Eed-backed Shrike is a rare autumnal 

 visitor, shot occasionally by Pechell, and reported altogether 

 about half a dozen times by F. E. Eodd and others, probably 

 always in immature plumage. A specimen was shot near Holy 

 Vale, St. Mary's, late in November, 1905. The Woodchat- 

 Shrike is a very rare accidental visitor. In September, 1840, 

 an adult male in an exhausted condition was caught in a boat, 

 and in the autumn of 1849 Pechell shot several in immature 

 plumage. Since that date it has not been recorded. A care- 

 fully executed water-colour of a Scilly-killed specimen of the 

 Waxwing in a book of bird-paintings at the Abbey, Tresco, 

 executed by Miss Frances Mary Isabella Smith prior to 1849, is 

 the only evidence of the occurrence of this bird on the islands. 

 The Spotted Flycatcher is probably a regular autumn visitor in 

 immature plumage, but on July 7th, 1903, a nest with four 

 young birds was found by Clark in an outhouse on the west side 



