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I also got a pair of Mealy Redpoles from near Fylingdales, 
about a fortnight ago. — (Rev.) M. A. Horsfall, 5-12-21. 
Lowthorpe and Battersby, Middlesbrough and Gros- 
mont. — Two Waxwings were seen in our gardpn at Lowthorpe, 
Middlesbrough, on Sunday afternoon, December 4th ; several 
have been about the district at this period, probably part of 
the visitation noted on other parts of the Yorkshire coast. A 
friend saw eleven near Grosmont on December 2nd. Others 
were seen at Battersby, Middlesbrough and Guisboro’. They 
were generally very tame, and some of them unfortunately 
found their way into the local bird stuffer’s, who also had a 
Rough-legged Buzzard that had been shot in Cleveland 
recently. — T. Ashton Lofthouse, Lowthorpe, Middlesbrough. 
Scarborough. — Along with most places on the East 
Coast, Scarborough has been favoured by the visits of large 
numbers of Waxwings. Our local Naturalists' Society has 
received reports of upwards of sixty having been seen at 
Scarborough, and in the immediate neighbourhood. The 
largest flock reported contained more than twenty birds. — 
T. N. Roberts, Scarborough, 22-12-21. 
York. — Two frequented a garden at Huntington, near 
York, for a week, and were last seen on January 20th, 1922. — 
S. H. Smith. 
The winter of 1921-22 has been notable for the great influx 
of Waxwings. They have been recorded in numbers down 
the East Coast of Scotland and England, and from many 
places inland. The recorded instances must refer to only 
a very small portion of the flocks that have landed in these 
islands. In addition to the above notes, and those which 
have previously appeared in The Naturalist, Mr. F. Boyes' 
records (Field, 10-2-21) that three were shot on the public 
common at Beverley on November 22nd, and remarks that 
‘ These birds are remarkably tame, and fall easy victims 
to the gunners who now -a -day seem to be prowling about 
nearly everywhere.’ Mr. T. K. Fowler informs me that a 
bird frequented a garden at Thurgoland, near Barnsley, and 
Mr. Chislett writes that one was seen in a Doncaster garden, 
and at Hathersage, in Derbyshire. A writer in The Evening 
Post (14-12-21) states that two or three were seen in a village 
near Selby, * hobnobbing with the finches and sparrows in 
the hedge.’ Numbers were seen at Barton-on-Humber in 
December, and several were shot and sent to the local taxi- 
dermist for preservation. Some were also seen on Lord 
Grey’s estate at Falloden, Northumberland. The remarkable 
tameness exhibited by these birds has been the cause of a lot 
of unnecessary slaughter up and down the country. — R. 
Fortune. 
Naturalist 
