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thisbii'd had never been met with in Anglesey, I called a halt, 

 and, bringing tield-glasses to bear upon it, I was delighted to 

 find that my surmise ^\■as correct. Both ^Nlr. Lort and I 

 watched it for some time : it flitted soon to another tree, 

 A\'liere in a few moments it was joined by a second bird, no 

 doubt its mate. Both contmued to climb about as long as 

 we stayed, going from one tree to another every now and then. 

 From this mc judged that they had not got a nest, and we 

 could not see any likely hole from the roadway. Returnuig 

 in the evening we looked at tlie place again but could not then 

 see them. H. E. Forrest. 



EARLY BREEDING OF THE GREENFIXCH. 



This mornmg, April 23rd, I found in my garden at Chester 

 a young Greenfinch (Ligurinus chhri^s), which had evidently 

 just left the nest. It was fully feathered, but unable to fiy. 

 It is usually quite a month later than the above date that 

 one sees the first of the young Greenfinches in this locality, 

 and one can only suppose that the warm weather during the 

 middle of March Mas responsible for the early date. 



C. KiNGSLEY SiDDALL. 



GREENFINCHES FEEDING ON COTONEASTER 



BERRIES. 

 For some weeks every winter Greenfinches resort to the 

 precincts of the Citadel on Plymouth Hoe to feed on the berries 

 of a species of cotoneaster (C viicrophi/JIa). They are not to 

 be seen there at any other time of the year. 



W. I. Beaumont. 



WHITE WAGTAIL IN CO. WEXFORD. 



As the "\Miite WagtaU {MotacUla alba) has seldom been 

 recorded from the east coast of Ireland {cf. Vol. I., p. Ill ; 

 Vol. HI., p. 130), it is worth noting that on April 30th, 1910, 

 I saw a party of eight (males and females) feeding in some 

 small fields adjoining some sand-dunes on the Wexford coast. 

 On the following day I could see the birds nowhere, and I 

 think they had passed on. On May 2nd I saw two pans 

 together in the same fields, and I am inclined to think that 

 these bu'ds Avere new arrivals. H. F. ^^'lTHERBY. 



GREY WAGTAIL NESTING IN KENT. 

 The pair of Grey Wagtails [MotaciUa melanope) referred to 

 by Dr. Ticehurst in his Birds of Kent as havmg been seen 

 by Mr. H. G. Alexander feeding their young by the county- 



