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species have been recorded, F. nodulosa Rud., and F. tridens 

 Molin. Kleinschmidt and Hennicke also state that old birds 

 are usually found to contain thread-worms, frequently five 

 or six in number. F. nodulosa has also been recorded by 

 von Linstow from the Woodchat Shrike. — F.C.R. J.] 



REELING PERIOD OF GRASSHOPPER- WARBLER. 



In Mr. H. B. Booth's " Notes on the Nesting of the Grass- 

 hopper-Warbler in the West Riding " {Naturalist, 1916, 

 p. 168), referred to antea, p. 69-70, it is pointed out that in 

 the case of the pair watched by Mr. Longbottom, the male 

 Grasshopper- Warbler (Loctistdla n. ncevia) ceased to reel 

 after mating until the young had left the nest. It was then 

 resumed until the second nest was arranged, when it again 

 ceased and was finally heard in a weaker form, when the 

 young had got away. Contrasting this behaviour with that 

 of other males which reeled continuously for a couple of 

 months or more, Mr. Booth suggests that they must have 

 failed to find mates. 



From observations made by me in the Broad district, the 

 male as a rule reels continuously till the young are hatched. 

 After that his song is regulated by his sense of duty, some 

 males taking a larger share in feeding the young than others. 

 Still, throughout May and June the breeding males may 

 almost always be heard at dawn and dusk. In this district 

 Grasshopper- Warblers remain in their breeding areas up to 

 the time of migration and may occasionally be heard reeling 

 in September. E. L. Turner. 



SONG-THRUSH BREEDING TWICE IN SAME NEST. 

 In the early part of this spring I saw a Song-Thrush {Turdus 

 philomehis darkei) sitting on a nest in an opening in a M'all 

 belonging to me, and later on noticed that the young were 

 almost fully fledged. On July .3rd, I saw a Thrush carrying 

 mud and re-lining the same nest, and now (July 10th) she has 

 begun again to sit. Unfortunately I did not notice the date 

 on which the young left the nest, so cannot give the interval 

 between this and the re-lining. I have frequently knowai 

 Dippers (Cindus c. hriiannicus) use the same nest twice, but 

 have not ]ireviously noticed the Song-Thrush do so. 



Douglas A. Scott. 

 [Although this is by no means a connnon habit of the 

 Song-Thrush, it has nevertheless been recoi"ded occasionally. 

 In 1906 two broods were reared from a nest at Ashbvirne, 

 Derbyshire. Another occurrence is noted in the Field for 

 July 31st, 1875. Mr. 0. V. Aplin also mentions an instance 



