154 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vi. 



The scientific name of No. 54 in our Hand-List is thus 

 altered to Emberiza palustris palustris Savi., and the new 

 bird should be added thus : — 



54a. Emberiza palustris tschusii Reiser and Almasy — 

 THE EASTERN LARGE-BILLED REED-BUNTING. 



Embeiuza sCHOiNH.i.us TSCHUSII Reiser and Alinasy, Aauila, v, 

 p. 122-25 (1898~Typical locality: Dunavat, Dobrudscha). 

 Emberiza palustris tschusii Reiser and Almasy, E. Hartert and 

 J. B. Nichols, Brit. B., vi, p. 153. 



Distribution. — England. — One. Male, Rye (Sussex). April 

 23rd, 1912 {ut supra). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Delta of the Danube and 

 southern Russia to Lenkoran on the Caspian Sea. 



Authors of the Hand -List. 



ATTEMPTED BREEDING OF THE GREY WAGTAIL 

 IN SURREY. 



The pair of Grey Wagtails {Motacilla b. boarula) recorded by 

 me last year [British Birds, Vol. V., p. 24) as having suc- 

 cessfully brought off young, attempted to breed again this 

 year, but unfortunately the water-wheel had to undergo 

 repairs just as the nest was completed and ready for eggs. 

 I failed to locate the new nesting-site, and the birds were 

 not again seen anywhere near, but I hope they will return 

 to the old quarters next year. P. F. Bunyard. 



PROBABLE NESTING OF THE PIED FLYCATCHER 

 IN MORAY. 



On August 17th, 1912, when fishing in the Moriston River, 

 Inverness, I found a nest in a hole of an old birch-tree on 

 the bank of the river, which ajipeared to be that of the Pied 

 Flycatcher {Muscicapa h. hypoleuca). The hole was about 

 three feet six inches from the ground, and about one foot 

 deep. There was one egg in the nest, lying to one side. I 

 replaced it in the middle of the nest. On revisiting the spot 

 five days later the nest and egg were as I had left them. I 

 took the nest and found on attempting to blow the egg that 

 it had evidently been laid for some considerable time, pro- 

 bably since the end of June or mid-July. The nest bore 

 traces of having held a brood, and the egg had apparently 

 been incubated but proved infertile. The nest was a 

 typical Pied Flycatcher's, a rather slight structure of moss 

 and numerous strips of the characteristic honeysuckle 



