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entirely new and constructed by the Robins in my opinion 

 and the opinions of those to whom I showed the nests. 



Height of top of nest 

 above ground 



Diameter of brim 

 from outer edges 

 (widest and nar- 

 i-owest measure- 

 ments) 



Diameter of cup . . 



Depth of cup 



Depth of nest 



Materials 



1st Nest. 

 3 ft. 9 in. 



15 in. X 11 in. 



2.75 in. 



2 in. 



7.5 in. 



Outside a thick mass 

 of beech leaves ; 

 then moss, leaves 

 and grass com- 

 bined : lined with 

 fine grasses and a 

 few very fine roots : 

 just two or three 

 hairs. 



2nd Nest. 

 3ft. 3 in. 



6 in. X Sin. 



2.5 in. 



2.25 in. 



6.3 in. 



Materials as usual but 

 very few leaves ; the 

 outside was moss, 

 one or two leaves 

 and grass : the lining 

 was of fine grass 

 and very fine roots, 

 hardly any hairs. 

 This nest was nearly 

 half-domed. 



J. H. Owen. 



DIPPER IN HERTFORDSHIRE. 



On April 5th, 1916, I saw in a partially flooded field, near 

 Hatfield, a Dipper, apparently of the British form Cinclus c. 

 britannicus. I had a very clear view of the bird and was 

 able to make a sketch of it. Even as a wanderer I believe 

 the Dipper has rarely been observed in Hertfordshire. 



W. Rowan. 



LITTLE OWL IN SHROPSHIRE. 



Further evidence of the spread of the Little Owl {Athene n. 

 noctua) in the district (c/. Vol. VIII., p. 18) is afforded by the 

 capture on May 6th, 1916, of one at Millichope Park, near 

 Church Stretton. Possibly it was the same bird that was 

 heard calling repeatedly in the grounds of the Longmjmd 

 Hotel, Church Stretton, in November and December 1915. 

 It was caught in a " trmnel " trap : a long square wooden 

 tube with an ordinary iron rat-trap in the middle. It is 

 rarely that any bird gets taken in this form of trap. 



H. E. Forrest. 



MARSH-HARRIER IN LEICESTERSHIRE. 



On June 17th, 1916, I received for identification from 

 Mr. W. W. Cobb, of Atherstone, a bird obtained two days 



