218 BRITISH BIRDS. [vol. vi. 



EARLY NESTING OF LESSER REDPOLL IN NORFOLK. 



A NEST of the Lesser Redpoll {Carduelis I. cabaret) with five 

 eggs, found on April 24th, 1912, at Croxton, Norfolk, may 

 perhaps be worth recording, as I cannot remember having 

 seen a published note of this bird nesting in April. 



From the various notes upon its nesting-habits in other 

 counties Avhich have appeared from time to time in British 

 Birds, it Avould seem to be always a rather earlier nester than 

 usual in Norfolk, other dates upon Avhich I have found nests 

 being : May 2nd, two eggs ; May 12th, three eggs ; May 13th, 

 five eggs ; May 26th, one egg, another nest ready for eggs, 

 and a third half -built nest ; June 2nd, three yovmg nearly 

 ready to fly. B. B. Riviere. 



[Lesser Redpolls seem to have bred exceptionally early in 

 the spring of 1912. Mr. P. C. Dutton informs me that on 

 May 12th, 1912, he met Avith a nest of newly hatched young 

 near Stone, Staffordshire, which must have contained a full 

 clutch by the end of April. On May 19th, Mr. W. T. Mjoiors 

 found a nest, Avith four Avell-feathered young, near Ash- 

 bume, Derbyshire. In these cases the localities are con- 

 siderably further north. — F.C.R.J.] 



TAWNY PIPIT IN SUSSEX. 



On October 1st, 1912, a birdcatcher caught a TaAATiy Pipit 

 {AntMis campestris) at Eastbourne, and this specimen has 

 noAv come into my possession. E. C. Arnold. 



GREY WAGTAILS NESTING IN SURREY. 



On May 5th, 1912, I observed a pair of Grey Wagtails 

 [Motacilla h. hoarula) feeding tAvo recently-fledged young 

 birds in the neighbourhood of Godstone. The species has 

 not previously nested in that locality to my knoAvledge, 

 although a pair have bred annually since 1906 at a spot 

 about three miles distant. Howard Bentham. 



WALL-CREEPER IN SUSSEX. 



An example of the Wall-Creeper {Tichodroma muraria) Avas 

 obtained at Camber Castle, Sussex, on NoA^ember 1st, 1912. 

 I examined it in the flesh, Avhen it proA^ed to be a male. 

 Unfortunately it Avas rather knocked about, haA'ing been killed 

 at close range Avithin the ruins, and Avith large shot. 



H. W. Ford-Lindsay. 



WILLOW-TITS IN NORFOLK AND HL^NTINGDON. 



On August 9th, 1912, I obtained a specimen of the WilloAV-Tit 

 {Parus a. kleinschmidti) in an alder car on the Norfolk side 



