LETTERS. 299 



in the original MSS. reads as follows : — " The Buzzard 

 7iever rears two broods in a year, b^it, like most birds will 

 lay again if robbed of its first clutch of eggs." In 

 making the typewritten copy the tjrpist omitted the word 

 " never," whilst in the proof the word " but " was altered 

 to " and." The sentence, as printed, exactly reverses the 

 meaning it was intended to convey. It is strange that the 

 error escaped detection, since every sheet of the book was 

 revised by several naturalists. Readers who possess a copy 

 of the book are earnestly requested to correct this passage 

 at once in order to prevent misconception in the future. 



H. E. Forrest. 



THE ORNITHOLOGY OF SUSSEX. 

 To the Editors of British Birds. 



Sirs, — We are engaged upon a work dealing with the 

 ornithology of Sussex ; and we are very anxious to secure 

 the co-operation of any of your readers who may be interested 

 in that county. We shall, therefore, deem it a great act of 

 courtesy if all observers, conversant Avith the Sussex 

 avifauna, \\ill kindly furnish us with any notes and memor- 

 anda with which they may feel inclined to favour us. 



Particularly would we ask for information concerning not 

 only the occurrence of rare and casual migrants, but also 

 on the distribution — and this is a great point — of all the 

 scarce and local breeding species. We have, of course, 

 studied nearly all the Sussex birds, but as it is manifestly 

 impossible for two men to work the A^-hole of a county, we 

 should vastly appreciate notes dealing with the nesting of 

 any of the more local species. And we should also be glad 

 of any lists of the summer migrants from different parts of 

 the county, which have been kept over a series of years. 



We may assure our informants that, whenever it is thought 

 necessary, the exact breeding sites of the rarer birds will 

 be suppressed. 



It is a source of great satisfaction to us to be able to say 

 that Mr. M. J. Nicoll, who has for some years been collecting 

 information A\ith a view to publisliing a similar work, has 

 very kindly promised to give us all the help in his power. 



H. A. Bryden. 

 19, Gore Park Avenue, Eastbourne. 



John Walpole-Bond. 

 The Vicarage, Horsham. 



