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WHITE-WINGED LARK IN SUSSEX. 

 On November 3rd, 1915, I saw, near Rye, a White- winged 

 Lark {Melanocorypha sihirica) in winter-plumage, apparently 

 a male. It was feeding in company with some Skylarks and 

 I had the bird under close observation for twenty minutes. 

 I was able to watch it from a distance of not more than six 

 yards, and had an excellent view of it both fljang and on 

 the ground. The chestnut tint on the crown, the lesser 

 wing-coverts and tail, white wing-bar and white under 

 wing-coverts were very distinctive. The back was tawny- 

 brown, the centres of the feathers being of a darker shade, 

 the throat and breast were tinged with buff and there were 

 indistinct rufous-brown spots on the throat, gorget and 

 flanks. The rest of the imder-parts were white. The bill 

 was short, stout, and horn-coloured ; the legs were yellowish- 

 brown. M. L. Klein WORT. 



[We congratulate Miss Kleinwort on her accurate and 

 detailed description of the bird. This is the seventh example 

 of the White-winged Ijark recorded for the British Islands, 

 all in Sussex and Kent. — Eds.] 



GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER BREEDING IN 

 NESTING-BOX. 



During the spring of 1914, the entrance holes of three 

 Berlepsch nesting -Tjoxes, suitable for Tits, were enlarged 

 by Woodpeckers. These boxes were placed in a wood 

 adjoining Epping Forest. On April 26th, 1914, I noticed 

 a Great Spotted Woodpecker {Dryobates m. anglicus) sitting 

 in one of the boxes and was in hopes that the bird would 

 nest there. However, soon after this, I found, to my dis- 

 appointment, that the box had been interfered with, the 

 lid having been swung round on one screw, leaving the 

 nesting-hole completely micovered. I abandoned all hope 

 of the W^oodpecker nesting in the box, which was left wdth 

 the lid in the position just described. On June 9th, 1914, 

 I happened to be carrying a ladder x^ast the box, when it 

 occurred to lue to examine it, and on doing so I was very 

 surprised to find a young Great Spotted Woodpecker fully 

 fledged. 



In the review of How to Attract and Protect Wild Birds, 

 by Martin Heisemann, in British Birds^ Vol. II., p. 172, 



