[From: Blue-cheeked Bee-eater in Scilly: a new British Bird] `Miss Hilda M. Quick, to whom full credit for the observation is due, sent us a short account of the bird immediately after she had seen it. At our request she has supplied the following details of the occurrence: ` "On June 22nd, 1951, having a visitor staying with me on St Agnes (Isles of Scilly), I went up the lane before breakfast to

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