OTES 



MARKING BIRDS. 



PROGRESS OF THE " BRITISH BIRDS' " SCHEME. 



I AM glad to be able to report that so far as the number of 

 birds marked is concerned, the results to date are extremely 

 satisfactory. The demands for rings largely exceeded my 

 expectations, and I regret that it was not always possible 

 to supply them immediately in the quantities required. 

 Between ten and eleven thousand rings have been sent out 

 this year, and schedules recording the marking of between 

 five and six thousand birds have already been returned. 



When all the schedules have been sent in, I hope to give 

 further details of the number of birds marked ; meanwhile I 

 take the opportunity of sincerely tlianking those who have 

 spent so much time and labour in marking. 



It is to be hoped that those into whose hands ringed birds 

 fall will record their finds. It would greatly assist the enquiry 

 if every reader of British Birds would advertise as widely 

 as possible the fact that these birds have been ringed, and 

 would point out that it is essential that we should be 

 informed of (1) the number on the ring ; (2) the place where 

 found, and (3) the date when found of every marked bird 

 recovered. 



H. F. WiTHERBY. 



SONG-THRUSH BUILDING IN A HEAP OF BRICKS. 



The nest shown in the accompanying photograph is that of 

 a Song-Thrush {Turdus m-w^tCMs), and was buOt in a heap of 

 bricks at Skelmersdale, Lancashire, on the road-side. The 

 nest was found in April, 1910, but the young were not 

 hatched. 



F. C. Hill. 



