Brifish Bird Calendar. ;^(',1 



llic fi'inalf who .slaycil on tlic iicstiiii^- site and liL'lpcil (o ai-i'aii!,^o 

 llifin. Tlic iifsl ill each tvisc was on tlic i;rouii(l in tiie midst of 

 .uiowin.i;- planis, and wlicn coinplrlcd looivrd lilvc a clnini) of yroen 

 i;rast;es rounded or domed on llie npi)e'r pari, willi entrauee liole 

 al side. The i;-rasses used in linin-' llie nesls Wi-vr liner liian th.i;e 

 en 111." on, side, hul oid.v in one viv-ic were feaUici's inlrodueed and then 

 iiu: liiree o; four, not enough to call it a liiiiiig- of featliers. 



i liave jusi ('omo aeios.s llie following,' in " IMid Notes," \'ol II., 

 No, '.), Deeemher, lUOM, pa.q'e L'lS, hy J.ady Duniealli: 



■'Tlie Common Afi-iean Waxbiils liuiit a nest like a lonnd 

 ■■ ball of ,!;rass, on tin; ground, and reared tlu'ee young ones, etc." 



Antl again, a more amplified version of tlie above in the 

 " Avieullnral Maga/.ine," Vol. 11., New Series, No. ;'., January, HlOl, 

 I.age li;!. 



1 am wondering whether the above reeord has been overlooked. 

 KliNKST SPRANKLING. 



r.8. -My sneeessfnl results iij) to the present arc about 

 a dozen young Zebra Finches, 1 Long-tailed Grassfintjhes, and ;] 

 young tJuldr:nehe.s. I have also at present 3 young in IIk; ik's!. 

 neaily ii'ady to conic out, also Green Budgerigai's, and Loiig-tai!(;il 

 CIras clinches a few days old. 



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British Bird Calendar. 



October 1. — Three Siskins (Cliri/somHris spinus) were seen on the 

 top of one of the aviai'ies. This is the fust lime thi.'y iiave 

 been observed here for years; evidently being altraetcd 

 by a pair of tlieii- fellows within the aviary. 



B.H.S., Ipswich, (i-.x.-'l3. 



')utober 2.— Two ^^ liimbrel t Nuni •iht(s pliaeopus) were s(,'cn here; 

 one, a male, was shot. T bcdieve tliis lo be the first in- 

 stance of one being shot in this disliict, but 1 have no 

 means of finding out. Dueks ai'e not numerous, weather 

 too warm. Two or three Mallard have been seen, but 

 these wei'e home reared birds. 



M.F., Huntingdon, 20-X.-VU5. 



October Ki.— Several AA'igeon (Marcca penclopc), a I'ochard (Ni/rocn 



feri/ia), a Teal {Ncltium crecca), several flocks of Green 



Plovei- i\'a>H'lli(s crisfatns), and a few Mallard (Aniif 



bosras) were seen at Holywell, which is just below St. fvcs. 



At.F., Huntingdon, 20-\.-'lM. 



Octoljcr 7 and 8.— October is the month in which most <.f our 

 winter migrants arrive. During the first few days I did 

 not notice any movement in numbers but on the 7lli and 

 Sih, there were simply liundreds of Gold-ei-ests. On one 

 tree in the garden i counted eleven on the 7th, iind on 

 the 8th another big batch arrived. I am .satislicd ihev 



