. British birds. Birds. nOTES RED-BACKED SHRIKE IN WIGTOWNSHIRE. On August 14th, 1912, on the edge of a moor near Leswalt, seven miles from Portpatrick in Wigtownshire, I saw an adult male Red-backed Shrike (Lanius c. collurio). When I first saw the bird, it was within twenty yards of me in a black- thorn bush, the grey of the head, with a black stripe across the eye and the chestnut-brown of the back, showed up most distinctly. The bird was fairly tame, and finally flew across to some other thorn trees. I watched it for some minutes but failed to see a hen bird. M. Portal. BRITISH REDBREAST I
. British birds. Birds. nOTES RED-BACKED SHRIKE IN WIGTOWNSHIRE. On August 14th, 1912, on the edge of a moor near Leswalt, seven miles from Portpatrick in Wigtownshire, I saw an adult male Red-backed Shrike (Lanius c. collurio). When I first saw the bird, it was within twenty yards of me in a black- thorn bush, the grey of the head, with a black stripe across the eye and the chestnut-brown of the back, showed up most distinctly. The bird was fairly tame, and finally flew across to some other thorn trees. I watched it for some minutes but failed to see a hen bird. M. Portal. BRITISH REDBREAST IN ITALY. It may be worth recording that on January 24th, 1910, I obtained from Castiglion del Lago (Central Italy) a Redbreast which in every character, colour and measurements was indistinguishable from the British form ; but before labelling it Dandalvs rnbecula melophilus I submitted it to Dr. E. Hartert to whom I am indebted for confirming my identification. He wrote me that in the Museum of Tring there was a similar specimen from Rome, October, 1899. As far as I am aware these are the only authentic specimens recorded from Italy till now, but it is not improbable that other unidentified specimens have occurred. I have examined the specimen in the Florence Museum that Prof. E. H. Giglioli supposed was a Biitish Redbreast (c/. Avifauna Ilalica, p. 159, 1907), but this is undoubtedly a typical D. rubecula rubecula. In my collection I have Italian specimens much darker than that mentioned by Prof. Giglioli. Cecilia Picchi. CONTINENTAL HEDGE-SPARROW IN YORKSHIRE. On October 9th, 1911, I shot a Hedge-Sparrow at Spurn, and as I did not feel satisfied about it, I submitted it to Mr. Witherby, who showed it to Dr. Hartert. Mr. Witherby considers that it is the Continental form. Prunella m. modularis. He says : " The wing formula is right, the seventh primary being 5 mm. shorter than the second, which equals the sixth. The bill is less wide at the base than in occidentalis.'' D
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