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sucli as the Raven, Hobhy, Montagu's Harrier, Hoopoe, 

 Golden Oriole, Dartford Warbler, Grasshopper-Warbler, 

 Marsh-Warbler, the two Spotted Woodpeckers, the Ring- 

 Ouzel, Hawfinch, Goldfinch, Lesser Redpoll, Tree-Sparrow, 

 and Girl Bunting. We have, from time to time, found 

 the nests of some of these species ; but as it is manifestly 

 impossible for two men to work the w^liole of the county, 

 ■we shoukl very much appreciate notes dealing with the nest- 

 ing of am/ of the more local birds (especially those above 

 mentioned), which doubtless breed or have bred in portions 

 of the county, but which may have escaped our notice. We 

 should also be glad of any list of the summer-migrants from 

 different parts of Sussex which has been kept over a series 

 of years. We may assure our informants that, whenever it is 

 thought necessary, the exact breeding-sites of the rarer birds 



will be suppressed. 



Yours &c., 

 Oct. Utli, 1907. H. A. Bryden, 



10 Gore Park Avenue, Eastbourne. 



John Walpole-Bond, 

 Horsham Vicarage, Sussex. 



Sirs,— In 'The Ibis/ 1907, p. 574, Mr. CoUingwood Ingram 

 says : " Mr. Pycraft informs me that in Panurus biarmicus the 

 markings are differently arranged and are white instead of 

 black, an interesting discovery for which we are indebted in 

 the first place to Miss E. L. Turner." In justice to myself, 

 and without washing in any wise to detract from the obser- 

 vational powers of my friend Miss Turner, allow me to point 

 out that on page 217 of Mr. A. Dutt's book ''The Norfolk 

 Broads/ I wrote as follow s of the Bearded Tit : " From baby- 

 hood tlle^e bads are beautiful to pryiug eyes, although the 

 beauty is concealed until hunger opens the nestling's mouth, 

 ■when, upon the roof may be seen four rows of onyx spots 

 set in deep pink carnelian.'' 



Yours &c., 



Brunstead Rectory, MaurICE C. H. Bikl>, 



Stalliara, Norfolk. 

 Nov. 5, 1907. 



