. British birds. Birds. OTES. NOTES FROM HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND, 1922. Great Grey Shrike {Lanius e. excuhitor).—A single bird was seen on October 6th and two on November 4th. A female was killed on October 17th. Red-breasted Flycatcher {Miiscicapa p. parva).—A male was shot on September 26th and a male and female on the following day. Yellow-browed Warbler {PhyUoscopus hnmei prcsmium). —Single birds were obtained on September 29th and 30th and October 7th. All were males. Bluethroat [Luscinia svecica Psubsp.)—One, seen on October i8th, was shot at the same place the next day but not recov
. British birds. Birds. OTES. NOTES FROM HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND, 1922. Great Grey Shrike {Lanius e. excuhitor).—A single bird was seen on October 6th and two on November 4th. A female was killed on October 17th. Red-breasted Flycatcher {Miiscicapa p. parva).—A male was shot on September 26th and a male and female on the following day. Yellow-browed Warbler {PhyUoscopus hnmei prcsmium). —Single birds were obtained on September 29th and 30th and October 7th. All were males. Bluethroat [Luscinia svecica Psubsp.)—One, seen on October i8th, was shot at the same place the next day but not recovered from the undergrowth. Wryneck {Jynx t. torquilla).—An adult male and female were shot on September 2nd. Three others were seen the same day. Snowy Owl {Nyctea nyctea).—A Snowy Owl appeared on the bents during the afternoon ot May 20th and remained until 9. , when it flew northwards. This may possibly be the identical bird observed in Norfolk {antea, pp. 232, 233). Manx Shearw^yfer {Puffinus p. puffinus).—Ther2 were three or four pairs not more than two miles from the land on May 13th. Fulmar Petrel {Fnlmarus g. glacialis).—On March 13th and following day I saw two. None were noticed during May, either at the Fames or Holy Island, but at the latter place two appeared on August 26th and one on September 7th. Red-necked Grebe {Podiceps g. griseigena).—An irruption of this species took place on February 3rd, when one was shot on the Lough. On the 7th several were picked up dead and by the nth some twenty specimens had been brought to me, the weights ranging from 2 lbs. 2 ozs. to i lb. i J ozs. On the loth, when out in a boat, I found that this species far outnumbered the Slavonian Grebe (P. aiiritus) (usually the most abundant Grebe here). Black-necked Grebe {Podiceps n. nigricollis).—^A male on January 7th. Black-throated Diver {Colymbns a. arctkiis).—One, in complete summer plumage, was seen on Fenham Flats on May loth. Mr. Abel Chapman saw five on
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