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an area of a square quarter-mile, a large, oval, light-coloured 

 Cuckoo's egg in a Sedge- Warbler's nest, and in this case the 

 bird must have returned to the same haunt for three successive 

 seasons. 



Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. Julian G. Tuc'k. 



MEADOW-PIPITS NESTING IN HOLES. 



On the 16th of May last, on a small marine island about 

 one mile off the west coast of Ireland, I found two nests 

 of the Meadow-Pipit (Anthus pratensis) containing eggs, in 

 holes in the ground. The nests were placed at such a 

 distance from the entrances of the holes as to ensm*e cover 

 from view, and from rain above, i.e., each nest was provided 

 with a roof. The island, uninhabited by man, was used as 

 a grazing ground for sheep, and the grass was so shoi't as 

 to afford no cover for a nest. My inference is that the 

 birds finding the spot otherwise suitable for nesting 

 purposes, adapted themselves to the circumstances, and 

 took the best cover available. In order that there might 

 be no doubt as to the owners of the nests, I referred one 

 of them, with its eggs, to the Natural History Museum, 

 where they were identified as those of the Meadow-Pipit. 



H. Treveltan 



(Major). 



LIST OF BOOKS. 



Notes on the Birds of Rutland, by C. Reginald Haines. Illustrated. 



(Porter.) 7s. 6d. net. 

 The Birds of Kent, by W. J. Davis. Map and one illustration. 



(Dartford : J. & W. Davis.) 6s. net. 

 The Birds of the British Isles, by Charles Stonham. Parts V. and 



VI. Illustrated. (Grant Richards.) 7s. 6d. each. 



Annual Report and Transactions of the North Staffordshire 

 Field Chib, 1906-7. This excellent report contains references to 

 birds in the Zoological Section by J. R. B. Masefield, and in 

 Bird Notes for 1906 by W. Wells Bladen. The following 

 observations may be noted: — A Little Owl (Athene noctua) shot 

 in October, 1906; a suspected Blue-headed Wagtail seen near 

 Cheadle ; and a Golden Oriole identified at Stone in June, 1906. 

 We take this opportunity of asking Honorary Secretaries of 

 local Natural History Societies and , Field Clubs to send us 

 copies of their reports and transactions as published. 



