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at the large end, and elsewhere jiractically unmarked. It 

 is now in Mr. Hughes-Hughes's collection. 



Mating notes were last heard by me on July 2nd and 

 calling was last noted on the 4th. On July 3rd at 4 p.m. a 

 Sedge-Warbler's nest under observation contained four eggs. 

 On the 8th this nest held a Cuckoo's egg and two Sedge- 

 Warbler's eggs, the Sedge-Warblers' hatching on July 16th 

 and the Cuckoo's egg on the 17th at mid-day. Probably 

 this egg was laid on July 4th or 5th. Another Sedge - 

 Warbler's nest not far off contained a Cuckoo's egg (evidently 

 laid by the same bird) and three eggs of Sedge- Warbler on 

 July 8th. On the next day the Warbler laid a fourth 

 egg, but two days later a mouse had destroyed the eggs. 

 Probably this egg was laid on the 6th or 7th, two or three 

 days after calling had ceased in the neighliourhood. 



J. H. Owen. 



[See previous notes from this district in Vol. VI., pp. 330-3, 

 Vol. VII., pp. 233-4 and Vol. VIII., p. 118.— Eds.] 



LESSER KESTREL IN SUSSEX. 



A Lesser Kestrel {Falco n. naumanni) was shot at Stajjle- 

 cross, Sus.sex, on April 7th, 1914, and was examined in the flesh 

 by Mr. H. W. Ford-Lindsay. It was a young male assuming 

 adult phimage, but still retaining some of the juvenile feathers. 

 This species has only once previously been recorded for 

 Sussex. J. B. Nichols. 



LITTLE RINGED PLOVER IN SUSSEX. 



A MALE Little Ringed Plover {Charadrivs diibhis curonicns) 

 was shot at Rye, Sussex, on April 18th, 1914. It was 

 examined in the flesh by Mr. W. Ruskin Butterfield, and 

 I saw it just after being skinned. This is the tenth well- 

 authenticated British specimen, and the third from Sussex. 



J. B. Nichols. 



AMERICAN PECTORAL SANDPIPER IN SUSSEX. . 



An adult female of the American Pectoral Sandpiper 

 (Tringa maculata) was shown me in the flesh on August 7th, 

 1915, having been shot the previous daj' at Rj^e Harbour, 

 Sussex. It was in very worn plumage. 



W. H. Ford-Lindsay. 



