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in which the same nest was twice used in the Zool.. 1906, 

 p. 312, and Mr. Ruddy records another case from Llandderfel, 

 North Wales, in 1905 {Caradoc and Severn Valley F.C. 

 Record for 1905), while Mr. H. E. Forrest records a similar 

 case in the same publication for 1909. The Song-Thrush 

 is not the only member of the genus which has been known 

 to do this, as the same thing has been recorded of the IMistle- 

 Thrush, and more frequently of the Blackbird, which has 

 been known to use the same nest for three broods. — F.C.R. J.] 



BLACKBIRD FEIGNING INJURY. 



With reference to Mr. T. C. Hobbs' note on this subject 

 [antca, p. 21), some years ago I observed a female Blackbird 

 {Turdus m. merida) feigning injury when its young were in 

 apparent danger. I am miable to refer to my notes made 

 at the time, but remember the details quite clearly. The 

 yormg birds had recently vacated the nest, and one had found 

 its way on to a much frequented roadway. On my sudden 

 appearance the female at once alighted on the road, and 

 uttering the alarm cry loudly, proceeded to drag itself along 

 with expanded wings and tail in precisely the same way as 

 a Tree-Pipit Avill adopt when its eggs or young are threatened. 



Howard Bentham. 



HOBBY BREEDING IN LEICESTERSHIRE AND 

 NORTHAI^IPTON. 



A PAIR of Hobbies (Falco s. suhhuteo) nested and reared a 

 brood of young in a wood not far from Leicester in the summer 

 of 1915. I saw both parents as well as the yomig. The 

 female was unfortunately shot in August 1915, and came into 

 my possession in the flesh. It has been submitted to the 

 Rev. F. C. R. Jourdain, who states that it is an immature 

 bird, having the feathers of the mantle and wings edged with 

 pale rusty brown. Early this year a pair again arrived at 

 the same wood, but apparently the female was trapped in 

 May, for a wing found in a trap corresponded with the skin 

 in my collection. For a few days after the male was seen 

 flying about in the neighbourhood, but then disappeared. 

 Early in August it was reported that four '' blue hawks " 

 were living in a plantation some distance away, and on 

 August 15th the keeper brought me a splendid adult male 

 Hobby and a yoimg female, which could not have left the 

 nest long. He had, I regret to say, killed all four birds in 

 four shots, but the female and the other young bird fell in 

 a field of standing corn, where they still lie. 



W. Hubert Barrow. 



