70 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vi. 



EARLY NESTING OF THE ]\rOOR-HEN AND 

 COMMON SNIPE. 



In connexion with the note in the last nunil^cr of British 

 Birds on the early nesting of the Moor-Hen (Gallinula 

 c. rhloropus), it is worth recording that on March 24th, 1912, 

 I found a nest of this species containing four eggs, at Hampton- 

 in-Aiden, Warwickshire. It may also be of interest to state 

 that a keeper in the same district informs me that on 

 April 4th, 1912, he found a nest of the Common Snipe {Gal- 

 linaqo g. gallinago) •\\hich had been broken into by a grazing 

 cow ; the eggs, four in number, had been incubated about 

 a week. I think this is worth adding to the other early 

 records A\hich have appeared recently. 



A. Geoffrey Leigh. 



[We regret that the date on ^hich iMr. Owen found the 

 nest of the Moor-Hen at Felsted was wrongly stated on p. 23 

 as March 28th. It should have been March 23rd.— Eds.I 



