NOTES. 325 



CIRL BUNTING IN MERIONETHSHIRE. 



In the last number of British Birds Mr. S. G. Cummings 

 asks for any additional information as to the occurrence of 

 the Cirl Bunting in other parts of North Wales than those 

 dealt with by him. It may be of interest to you to know 

 that I saw a male Cirl Bunting at Lhvyngwril, in Merioneth- 

 shire, on June 6th of last year (1907). Its song first attracted 

 my notice, and I saw the bird sitting on a low stone wall. 

 By stalking it I was able to get a close view of the bird. No 

 doubt there was a nest somewhere in the rank growth, nettles, 

 etc., under the wall, but I failed to find it. When the bird 

 detected me it flew only a few yards, and then alighted 

 again on the wall and sang. 



L. W. Crouch. 



THE INCUBATION PERIOD IN THE CUCKOO. 

 In June, 1895, I placed a fresh Cuckoo's egg in an incubator. 

 It was exactly 12 days 2 hours before the chick was clear of 

 the shell. The egg was taken from a Reed- Warbler's nest ; 

 it was the only egg in the nest, and was quite cold. 



Heatley Noble. 

 [In Mr. Collingwood Ingram's communication upon this 

 subject in the last number on page 292, Mr. A. H. Evans, 

 instead of Mr. William Evans, was quoted as the author of 

 the paper on Incubation Periods in the " Ibis " for 1891. It 

 may here be mentioned that Mr. W. Evans contributed a 

 supplementary article on the subject to the same journal 

 for 1892 (pp. 55-58).— Eds.] 



THREE CUCKOO'S EGGS IN A ROBIN'S NEST. 

 The following particulars supplied to me by Mr. Thomas Gillah 

 with regard to a Robin's nest in which three Cuckoo's eggs 

 were laid, may be of interest. The nest, which was particularly 

 well concealed, was found at Well Hall, near Chelsfield, Kent,^ 

 in June, 1905. On 1st June, when first found, the nest con- 

 tained two eggs of a Robin and one of a Cuckoo. One of the 

 Robin's eggs and the Cuckoo's were taken. On June 6th 

 there were two more Cuckoo's eggs in the nest, while one more 

 Robin's egg had been laid. All the eggs were fresh, but they 

 were cold, and appeared to have been deserted. They are 

 now in my collection, and the three Cuckoo's eggs are so 

 unUke each other that there can be no doubt that they were 

 laid by three different birds. 



As showing that the Cuckoo is not always a ^\•iseac^e, I 



