. British birds. Birds. OTES. THE BIRDS OF LUNDY. I AM much interested in Mr. Lewis R. W. Loyd's article {antea, p. 148) on the " Birds of Lundy," because I have visited the island twice, beetle-hunting. I was there three days in August, 1905, and a fortnight, from April 12th, in 1906, and had the satisfaction of adding two species of beetles to the British List. I am able to add three birds to Mr. Loyd's list. Ring-Ouzel {Turdiis t. torquatiis).—In 1905. Hoopoe {Upupa e. epops).—In 1906 I watched one for a long time feeding at an ants' nest. Common Snipe {Gallinago g. gallinago).—Tw
. British birds. Birds. OTES. THE BIRDS OF LUNDY. I AM much interested in Mr. Lewis R. W. Loyd's article {antea, p. 148) on the " Birds of Lundy," because I have visited the island twice, beetle-hunting. I was there three days in August, 1905, and a fortnight, from April 12th, in 1906, and had the satisfaction of adding two species of beetles to the British List. I am able to add three birds to Mr. Loyd's list. Ring-Ouzel {Turdiis t. torquatiis).—In 1905. Hoopoe {Upupa e. epops).—In 1906 I watched one for a long time feeding at an ants' nest. Common Snipe {Gallinago g. gallinago).—Two around one of the ponds on the top of the Island in 1906. I also saw and heard a Cirl Bunting [Emberiza cirlus) on several occasions in 1906. On my way out there from Barnstaple on August 22nd, 1905, I saw an Arctic Tern {Sterna paradiscFo), an Arctic Skua {Sterocorariiis parasiticus) and a Storm-Petrel {Hvdrobates pelagicus). Nor:\iax H. Joy. CIRL BUNTING'S ALTERNATIVE SONG. On June 21st, 1922, I heard a Cirl Bunting {Emberiza cirlus) at Malvern Wells, using an alternative to the usual song, which I have never seen noted in any book. It twice uttered the usual song (which is written down as a Yellow Bunting's without the " cheese "), but repeatedly sang this alternative, which I put down at the time as " quite like a bit of the Tree- Pipit's song, though not up to its standard of excellency ; ' tistei ' to begin with, the remainder, louder and more distinct, ' seear, seear, seear,' or as an alternative four seear's ". It reminded one distinctly of the beautiful " seear, seear, seear " that the Tree-Pipit sings coming down the scale and coming down through the air, though not as beautiful or ringing, but distinct enough to make me think at first that it was a Tree-Pipit singing or at least uttering part of its song. Martin S. Curtler. WOOD-LARK BREEDING IN RADNORSHIRE. With reference to Mr. 0. R. Owen's record (Vol. XV., p. 154), of the Woo
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