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pair had reared no less thsiu five broods this year, while another 

 pair had successfully brought off three broods. The first nest 

 he found so early as March. W. P. Pycraft. 



WHITE WAGTAIL IN EAST EOSS-SHIRE. 



On 23rd June, 1906", I saw a White Wagtail perched on a low 

 stone wall near Strathpeffer. I saw it again about the same 

 place a few days later. C. B. Eiokett. 



EICHARD'S PIPIT IN CORNWALL. 



On 18th September, 1906, I saw an example of Richard's Pipit 

 (Anthus richardi), at the Lizard (Cornwall). It was feeding 

 among some debris at the foot of a cliff, and allowed me to 

 approach it very closely. C. B. Rickett. 



NESTING OF THE LESSER REDPOLL IN KENT. 



On May 3rd, 1896, a nest of the Lesser Redpoll (Linota 

 rufescens) was found by Mr. R. Groodchild, of Farnborough, 

 Kent, in one of his father's orchards. It was placed high up 

 in a large greengage tree, and contained three eggs. I did not 

 see the nest in situ but it was shown to Mr. A. H. Meiklejohn 

 and myself, and we had no diflficulty in identifying it, the nest 

 and eggs both being typical. On May 24th of this year, with 

 Mr. T. Gillah, I inspected a nest of this species at Lower 

 Sydenham. It was placed about fifteen feet from the ground, 

 in a small beech tree, in a narrow strip of wood on the edge of 

 a field. The bird left the nest as I commenced to climb the 

 tree, and remained in view for some time. We also visited 

 another nest a short distance away. This was situated in a 

 small white-thorn, but was unfortunately forsaken. References 

 to this species, for Kent, by past writers are so meagre, that 

 I have not thought it worth while to refer to them. 



Percy F. Bunyard. 

 [Mr. Howard Saunders wrote {III. Man. B.B., 2nd Ed., 

 p. 191), that the Lesser Redpoll bred in Kent more often 

 than was generally supposed ; and of recent records it may be 

 mentioned that Mr. Meade- Waldo, in remarking on the com- 

 parative commonness of the species in 1905 in the south of 

 England, mentioned several nests in Kent (Bull. B.O.C., XV., 

 p. 88).— Eds.] 



NESTING SITES OF THE COMMON HERON. 



A NEST of the Common Heron which I found in the spring of 

 1904 near Scarborough, was perhaps even more extraordinary 



