. British birds. Birds. OTES. MIGRATION NOTES FROM RATHLIN ISLAND, CO. ANTRIM, AUTUMN, 1913. During part of September and October, 1913, we were, in Rathlin Island, off co. Antrim, and while there, observed among others the following' species which are seldom recorded from the north of Ireland. Greenland Redpoll {Carduelis I. rostrata).—On September 25th we procured a female Mealy Redpoll. This has been examined by Mr, Witherby and pronounced to be of this form, which has very rarely been recorded from Ireland. The bird was accompanied by another, apparently a male. White Wagtail {Motacilla a.
. British birds. Birds. OTES. MIGRATION NOTES FROM RATHLIN ISLAND, CO. ANTRIM, AUTUMN, 1913. During part of September and October, 1913, we were, in Rathlin Island, off co. Antrim, and while there, observed among others the following' species which are seldom recorded from the north of Ireland. Greenland Redpoll {Carduelis I. rostrata).—On September 25th we procured a female Mealy Redpoll. This has been examined by Mr, Witherby and pronounced to be of this form, which has very rarely been recorded from Ireland. The bird was accompanied by another, apparently a male. White Wagtail {Motacilla a. alba).—On September 12-13th off Ballycastle (on the mainland opposite Rathlin) we saw between twenty and thirty White Wagtails on the seashore among a much larger number of Pied Wagtails. A few couples and single birds were seen on Rathhn on the 15th, 16th, and 18th, also associating with Pied Wagtails. Greenland Wheatear {(Enanthe oe. leucorrhoa).—Speci- mens obtained from September 16th to 30th were all of this form. Common Eider {Somateria m. mollissima).—On September 17th-18th four Eider ducks were observed swimming in Church Bay. On the 19th they were joined by a drake, but on the next day three ducks were shot and the other two birds had disappeared. On October 1st, however, four more ducks were seen in the same place. The islanders call this bird the " Shelduck," probably owing to the parti- coloured plumage of the male, and say that it is not uncommon in spring and autunm. The lighthouse-keepers say that fifty or sixty Eiders are sometimes seen. TuRTLE-DovE {Streptopelia t. turtur).—On September 24th, after a south-easterly gale, we saw a single Turtle-Dove. Mary G. S. Best. Maud D. Haviland. LITTLE BUNTING IN YORKSHIRE. Mr. Thos. Stephenson, of Whitby, informs me that, on October 6th, 1913, a Little Bunting {Emheriza pusilla) was captured near that town, and was kept alive for nearly three weeks. It was forwarded to Mr. W. Eagle Clarke, who identif
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