184 BRITISH BIRDS. 



few years round Bromley, and knows of twenty or thirty nesting 

 pairs (J. Walpole Bond, Field, 5, x., 1907). 



Berks. — Abundant as a nesting species in 1905 (F. W. Proctor, 

 BuU. B.OC, XV., p. 88). Nest found iu 1906 (Graham W. 

 Kerr, Zool, 1906, p. 231). 



Surrey. — Nest and eggs taken on 20th May, 1894, near 

 Epsom (J. A. Bucknill, Zuol., 1901, p. 250). Nest and two eggs 

 found on Wimbledon Common, 29th June, 1902 (M. J. Nicoll, 

 t.c, 1902, p. 313). Pair seen feeding young at Liugfield, 19th 

 July, 1887 (J. A. Bucknill, t.c , 1902. p. 227). Nested near 

 Gocialming at the end of May, 1906 (L B. Mouritz, t.c, 1907, 

 p. 100). 



Middlesex. — A pair nested at Staines in 1903 (Graham W. 

 Kerr, t.c, 1906, p. 230). Nest and five eggs found near Pinner, 

 28th June, 1902 (R. H. Read, t.c, 1903, p. 26). 



Cheshire. — A fairly common breeding species (S. G. 

 Cummings, t.c, 1903, p. 105). 



Oxford. — Two pairs breeding near Oxford in Mav, 1898 

 (F. L. Blathwayt, t.c , 1903, p. 26). 



Rutland. — Breeds sparingly in the Uppingham district, and 

 not uncommonly near Stamford (C. R. Haines, Birds of Rutland, 

 p. 58.) 



Outer Hebrides. — A nest and eggs taken at Barra ai-e now 

 in the Royal Scottish Museum (J. A. Harvie-Brown, Jnn. 

 S.N.H., 1902, p. 146). 



TWITE Li7iofa Jtavirostris (L.). S. page 193. 



A somewhat lengthy correspondence in the " Zoologist " 

 (1905 and 1906) on the distribution of the Twite in the nesting 

 season resulted in no new facts being disclosed, but Mr. Saunders' 

 opinion — that it is local, and more abundant in the west than 

 the east— was confirmed, while it appears to be almost unknown 

 as a breeding species in Wales (c/. also J. H. Salter, ZooL, 1902, 

 p. 6). A nest and eggs were taken at Westward Ho! on 

 May 3rd, 1904 (C. E. Pearson, BtiU. B.O.C., XIV., 91), and a 

 nest, supposed to be of this species, was taken in Surrey on 

 June 24th, 1894 (J. A. Bucknill, Zool, 1001, 250). 



{To be continued.) 



