. British birds. Birds. OTES. SNOW-BUNTING IN PEMBROKESHIRE. The occurrence of a Snow-Bunting (Plectrophenax n. nivaUs) in Pembrokeshire is so unusual that I think it is worth recording that I had a splendid view of an example of this species on April 27th, 1914. It was extremely tame and the locality was a short distance from the sea at St. Ann's Head, Milford Haven. W. M. Congreve. STATUS OF GREY WAGTAIL IN BERKSHIRE. This species may now be ranked as a resident in Berkshire. I first found it nesting with us in 1898. Since then it has increased its range and noAV breeds regularly in suitable
. British birds. Birds. OTES. SNOW-BUNTING IN PEMBROKESHIRE. The occurrence of a Snow-Bunting (Plectrophenax n. nivaUs) in Pembrokeshire is so unusual that I think it is worth recording that I had a splendid view of an example of this species on April 27th, 1914. It was extremely tame and the locality was a short distance from the sea at St. Ann's Head, Milford Haven. W. M. Congreve. STATUS OF GREY WAGTAIL IN BERKSHIRE. This species may now be ranked as a resident in Berkshire. I first found it nesting with us in 1898. Since then it has increased its range and noAV breeds regularly in suitable localities along the Thames, Kennet and Loddon, its original single station having increased to about ten to my knowledge, and I have little doubt that others unknown to me exist. H. M. Wallis. PIED WAGTAILS NESTING ON THE GROUND. When staying in Norfolk recently, I was rather puzzled to account for the presence of several pairs of Pied W^agtails [Motacilla a. luguhris) among the sandhills, a long distance from any very obviously suitable nesting-site. I presently found a nest, lined with rabbit-fur, anfl con- taining five fresh eggs, built absolutely on the ground in the sand among the dunes, with a tuft of maram grass hanging over. I think that if I had cared to prolong the search, at least another nest or two would have been found in the sandhills, and one of the wildfowlers told me he found a Wagtail's nest in a similar situation last year, containing young birds. Clifford Borrer. MISTLE-THRUSH SINGING ON THE WING. Referring to Mr. N. H. Foster's note on this subject (Vol. VIII., ]). 292), I had never heard a Mistle-Tlnush sing on the wing until March 5th, 1911, when one Hew singing over my head in Burnham Beeches. I have since heard this song uttered on the wing in the same district, possibly by the same bird. Yarrell mentions that the song " is said to be uttered on the ; and one or two writers record that they have so heard it {;j. .Mr.
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